Explorers
I was the first explorer to reach the Americas
Christopher Columbus
This man came up with the theory of gravity, found out light was made up with color, invented calculus, and proved the each was a squashed sphere
Isaac Newton
Was Empress of Russia and was considered an Enlightened ruler
Catherine the Great
What were explorers like Columbus trying to reach?
India
What happened to the price of Asian goods in Europe after the Portuguese took control over the Indian Ocean?
It went down
I was the first explorer to travel around the world
Ferdinand Migellan
Nicolas Copernicus
Government's purpose to protect natural rights
John Locke
What does the world Enllightenment literally mean?
To Illuminate
What was the Third Estate in France before the French Revolution?
Commoners/peasants
Sir Francis Drake
Was questioned by the church about his heliocentric theory which he discovered by looking through his telescope
Galileo
King’s should have absolute power to keep people from being selfish.
Thomas Hobbes
This is a theory that states that the earth is in the center of the universe
Heliocentricism
Where did thinkers gather in during the Enlightenment?
Salons
I was a ruler of Portugal who helped them research new sailing techniques
Prince Henry the Navigator
These two people came up with the the Scientific Method
Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes
Supported American revolution and also supported women’s rights.
Abigail Adams
What is the economic policy by which nations try to gather wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies.
Mercantilism
What country focused most on exploring around Africa?
Spain
I was the first Enlgishmen to discover the coast of N. America
John Cabot
Gabriel Farenhiet
Supported religious tolerance and free speech
Voltaire
What is the science and art of making maps.
Cartography
Where did the Enlightenment mainly occur?
France