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This person was put on trial for confirming the heliocentric theory with a telescope.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
The caravel had sails shaped like this, allowing it to be easily maneuvered.
What are triangles?
This disease obliterated native populations in the Americas.
What is smallpox?
Spanish explorers were initially looking for this.
What is a western route to Asia?
This term describes an oval shape.
What is elliptical?
This person was a key figure in developing the scientific method.
Who is Sir Francis Bacon or Rene Descartes?
This invention helped Robert Hooke describe cells.
What is a microscope?
This crop was grown on plantations in Brazil and made a lot of money for the Portuguese.
What is sugarcane?
Francisco Pizarro captured the leader of this civilization in modern day Peru.
Who are the Inca?
This term means to use for another's gain.
What is exploit?
The term "cell" was coined by this scientist, who used a microscope to create highly detailed sketches of tiny organisms.
Who is Robert Hooke?
This new tool was used to improve navigation at sea. (Hint, it's not a compass!)
What is an astrolabe or a quadrant?
This is a product that moved from the New World to the Old World.
What is (coffee, squash, sugarcane, tomatoes, etc)?
These traders reached India by sailing around Africa.
Who are Portuguese?
Isaac Newton's laws of motion laid the groundwork for this discipline, or the study of matter and motion.
What is physics?
This Spanish explorer invaded Mexico and defeated the Aztecs.
Isaac Newton is famously known for the theory of _______.
What is gravitation?
The part of the triangular trade from West Africa to the Americas was known as this.
What is the Middle Passage?
Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean in an area now known as this.
What is the West Indies?
What are conquistadors?
This Portuguese explorer discovered modern-day Brazil.
Who is Pedro Cabral?
This theory proposed that the earth was the center of the universe.
What is the geocentric theory?
This animal was brought to the New World from the Old World. It transformed transportation.
What is the horse?
John Cabot explored for which country?
What is England?
This term describes using science to explain natural phenomena.
What is scientific rationalism?