Scientific Revolution
Scientific knowledge is based on...
Observations, facts, and logical ideas.
The exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the Old World and the New World.
Columbian Exchange
Large farms that developed in the New World.
Plantations
The series of events that led to the birth of modern science is called the...
Scientific Revolution
The period of rebirth and creativity that followed the Middle Ages.
The Renaissance
The person who proved the heliocentric theory and was found guilty of heresy by the Catholic Church.
Galileo
The name of the first person who established a crew that circumnavigated the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
______ and _____ determine the cost of goods in a capitalist economy.
Supply and Demand
To go all the way around the globe.
Circumnavigate
What was the main dispute between Pope Gregory VII & Emperor Henry IV?
The name of the person who originally theorized that the sun was at the center of the universe.
Nicolas Copernicus
The main cause of death for Indigenous People when Europeans came to the Americas was...
Smallpox/Disease
Economic system in which individuals and private businesses run most industries. Competition fuels it.
Capitalism
The idea that the Earth was at the center of the universe.
Geocentric Theory
What was the Index Librorum Prohibitorum?
A list of books once forbidden by the Roman Catholic Church.
Portuguese ships called _______ used triangular sails that allowed ships to sail against the wind.
Caravels
Give the three reasons why Europeans began to explore in the 1500s.
1. To find quicker trade routes to Asia.
2. Spread/covert others to Christianity.
3. New technology made sailing easier/more efficient.
A system in which a government controls all economic activity in a colony in order to make the mother country wealthy.
Mercantilism
The idea that the sun is at the center of the universe.
Heliocentric Theory
The African King of Mali who was the wealthiest man to ever exist.
Mansa Musa
The scientist who discovered that planets revolve in an elliptical orbit instead of a circular orbit.
Johannes Kepler
A naval fleet sent by King Phillip II after Sir Francis Drake pirated Spanish ships.
Spanish Armada
What led to the creation of banks? Give one thing they used the banks for.
Use: People can take out loans to start businesses.
Use: To exchange money from different countries.
Market Economy
What is the Ides of March?
The day the Roman Senate murdered Julius Caesar.