Exploration!
These are the 3 main reasons that we wanted to explore during this time period.
What is God, Gold, and Glory?
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This theory describes a sun-centric universe.
What is Heliocentric theory?
This individual was the first explorer to find a direct route to Asia.
Who is Vasco Da Gama?
This tool helped sailors find their way by measuring the stars.
What is an Astrolabe?
This empires taxes and control of the silk road CAUSED the European monarchs to Explore for a sea route to Asia.
Who is the Ottoman Empire?
This disease played a Major role during the Spanish Conquest of South America.
What is Small Pox?
Before the Scientific Revolution, society believed this/these group(s) about the truths of the natural world around them.
Who is the Church or Ancient Greek/Rome?
This individual came up with the Heliocentric theory which challenged the previous Geocentric Theory.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
This invention used the earths natural magnetic pull to always point in the direction of north.
What is the compass?
The Queen and King of Spain funded this individual to explore the sea for a route to the Indias.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Describe the Colombian Exchange and what occurred.
It was an exchange of produce and livestock between the "old" and "new" worlds. Diseases were also spread to the "new" world.
The ancient greeks based their scientific explanation on this over logic and evidence.
What is reasoning?
This individual is best known for their discovery of the elliptical pattern that planets take when orbiting the sun.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
Robert Hooke used this invention to coin the word cell.
What is the Microscope?
This term means to sail around the world.
What is Circumnavigate?
These were major luxuries from this time that plantations were made to mass produce.
What is Sugar Cane, Cacao, Vanilla beans, and tobacco?
This individual proposed the Law of Gravitation and also developed the 3 laws of motion.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
These individuals and their ideas about science lead to the development of the Scientific method. (200 points per name)
What is a Caravel?
This country was the first to set sail and explore.
Who is Spain?
Describe the effect of the Colombian Exchange on the world.
Foods got exchanged. Nutrition around the world improved. The native populations of the Americas were severely impacted and many died.
These 5 steps make up the scientific method and is how all science is conducted even to this day. (100 points per each correct step)
What is Observe and Question, Hypothesize, Experiment, Analyze Data, and Evaluate data and share results.
This scientist's theory challenged the ideas of Aristotle, who believed that everything was made up of earth, water, fire, and air.
Who is Robert Boyle?
Like the Astrolabe this invention measured latitude while at sea. It measured the height of the North Star.
What is a Quadrant?