Exploration
Which explorer is credited with finding the New World in October of 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Which empire had their capital at Tenotchitlan?
Aztecs
What impact did Johannes Gutenberg have on Western Europe?
He increased literacy, and it spread Martin Luther's ideas
Isaac Newton is the father of which field of study?
Phyiscs
What tool did James Watt invent?
The Steam Engine
Sailors using maps and wind patterns to navigate their trading ships shows that geography affects what?
Geography influences economics
What impact did diseases affecting Native Americans have on the Spanish colonies in the New World
It led to the importation of enslaved Africans
What invention did Johannes Gutenberg invent?
Printing Press
Galileo invented what useful tool for astronomy?
The teliscope
Why is banking important?
It leads to people being able to borrow money
What was the trade between Africa, the Americas, and Europe called?
The Triangle Trade or Columbian Exchange
Which empire was conquered by Pizarro when he conquered modern Peru?
The Inca
A piece of writing talks about The Invisible Hand, who is it by?
Adam Smith
Robert Boyle is the founder of what field of science?
Chemistry
Factories promoted people living close to them. What is this called, where cities begin to form?
Urbanization
How did the Ottomans expanding Westward make Europe look to the New World?
They cut off Indian Ocean trade
Name all three Mesoamerican civilizations we talked about in class
Aztec, Inca, Maya
What document did Thomas Jefferson write?
Declaration of Independence
Finish the list of Scientific Revolution thinkers- Galileo, Boyle and
Isaac Newton
What effect did the movement from cottage industries to factories have on consumer goods?
It made things cheaper
What was the trade route from Africa to the Americas, where slaves were transported, called?
The Middle Passage
Why were the natives called Indians?
The explorers thought they landed in India
John Locke (Natural Rights), Montesquieu (Separation of Powers), and Voltaire (Freedom of expression) are all thinkers in what time period?
The Enlightenment
Robert Boyle
What did the textile industry help lead to among the middle class?
An increase in caring about fashion