Scientific Revolution
Heliocentric Theory
The sun is the center of the universe
Protestant Reformation
Religious movement that created new Christian churches separate from Catholicism
Prince Henry the Navigator
Funded voyages and founded a navigation school in Portugal
Who invented the Printing press and what was it's purpose
Invented by Gutenberg; spread books and new ideas quickly, and made it easier for books to be printed
Nicoluas Copernicus
First person to suggest the heliocentric model
Henry VIII
King who broke from the Catholic church and made his own religious view because the Pope declined his divorce
Bartolomeu Dias
First to sail around the southern tip of africa
Indulgences
Payments for forgiveness of sins, criticized by reformers
Johannes Kepler
Proved planets move in elliptical orbits
Church of England
Protestant church started by Henry VIII
Vasco da Gama
Reached India by sea and traded for spices and silk
European disease that killed many indigenous people
Galileo Galilei
Used a telescope to confirm Copernicus's ideas; was tried for hersey
Elizabeth I
Henry VIII daughter; made England mostly Protestant again and ruled for 44 years
Christopher Columbus
Funded by Spain; landed in the Caribbean in 1492
Conquistadors
Spanish conquerors who took land, gold, and glory for spain
Isaac Newton
Created the laws of motion and gravity; developed calculus
Line of Demarcation/Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided land from Spain and Portugal; was formed by the pope
Columbus day
Celebrates Columbus's arrival in Americas (1492