Age of Exploration
In what year did Ferdinand Magellan's crew complete the first circumnavigation of the globe?
What is 1522?
What was the original document that established limits on royal power in England?
What is the Magna Carta?
What new method of steel production did Henry Bessemer develop?
What is the Bessemer process?
Which document was signed in 1215 to limit the power of the monarchy?
What is the Magna Carta?
Which device is used for navigation and was common during the Age of Exploration?
What is the astrolabe?
Who was the Portuguese explorer that became the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa to reach India?
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Which ship design improved maneuverability for explorers?
What is the caravel?
What was the Reign of Terror?
What is a period of political purges during the French Revolution?
What economic system emerged during the Industrial Revolution focused on profit and investment?
What is capitalism?
What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?
What is to impose taxes on British colonies in America?
What device allowed for straight planting at a precise depth?
What is the seed drill?
Which English inventor is credited with the development of the first modern steam engine?
Who is James Watt?
What was the significance of Vasco da Gama’s voyage?
What is it established a sea route to India?
Who challenged the divine right of kings and advocated for natural rights?
Who is John Locke?
Who invented the seed drill, impacting agricultural practices?
Who is Jethro Tull?
Which document emphasized some of John Locke's original ideas like the social contract between rulers and the governed?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Name a significant invention that enhanced textile production during the Industrial Revolution.
What is the water frame?
Who was the influential French philosopher that supported the idea of a social contract?
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Who was the Spanish explorer that discovered the Americas in 1492?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Which revolution aimed to address social inequalities in France?
What is the French Revolution?
What was a negative effect of the Industrial Revolution on cities?
What is overcrowding and poor living conditions?
What did the English Bill of Rights accomplish?
What is it restricted the powers of the monarchy and established rights for Parliament?
Which invention helped improve communication during the Industrial Revolution?
What is the telegraph?
Which Italian scientist was imprisoned for supporting the heliocentric (sun at the center of the universe) model?
Who is Galileo Galilei?
What was the primary goal of explorers during the Age of Exploration?
What is to find new trade routes and territories?
What document declared American independence from British rule?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What invention by James Watt revolutionized factory production?
What is the steam engine?
Which document outlined the rights of citizens and the power of the government in France?
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?
What invention allowed for better astronomical observations during the Scientific Revolution?
What is the telescope?
Who is known as the father of modern physics and formulated the laws of motion?
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?