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Europe experienced this from the 1400s to the 1700s
Age of Exploration
100
He "discovered" America, but thought he was in India.
Columbus
100
The idea that a country should sell more things to other countries than they have to buy from other countries (favorable balance of trade)
Mercantilism
100
Absolute monarch in France who built Versailles
Louis XIV
100
Greatest English monarch who worked with Parliament.
Elizabeth I
200
Why did Europeans want to explore?
God, Glory, Gold (if you said 3 Gs, no points)
200
1st explorer to circumnavigate the globe
Magellan
200
Spanish word for conquerors
Conquistadors
200
Absolute monarch in Russia who traveled Europe in disguise to get ideas.
Peter the Great
200
He developed the Heliocentric theory
Copernicus
300
3 technologies made sailing more accurate...name 2 of them
Astrolabe, compass, caravel
300
1st European to make contact with Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
James Cook
300
The 3 way trade between Europe, North America, and Africa
Triangular Trade
300
Catching up with Europe
Westernization
300
He invented the telescope and got in trouble with the Catholic Church
Galileo
400
He started a navigation school to train sailors.
Prince Henry of Portugal/Henry the Navigator
400
Founded the French colony of Quebec while looking for a northwest passage to Asia.
Samuel de Champlain
400
The journey slaves took across the Atlantic
Middle Passage
400
Government with a king/queen, but where the rights of citizens are protected.
Constitutional/Limited Monarchy
400
He "discovered" gravity and invented Calculus
Newton
500
1st explorer to find a direct rtrade route to Asia by going around Africa to get to India.
Vasco da Gama
500
The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World
Columbian Exchange
500
Government with a king/queen who is in total control of every aspect of the country.
Absolute monarch
500
Signed by King John in 1215 to guarantee rights of English citizens
Magna Carta
500
He learned that planets have elliptical orbits and proved Copernicus' theory.
Kepler
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