Unit 5 Exploration, Colombian Exchange and Scientific Revolution

Traditional theory that the sun rotates around the planets

Introduction to diseases, decrease in native populations, Maize and Corn to Europe

Why were scientific theories controversial?

Mountain range in the Inca Empire

The first step of the scientific method is to:

Built thousands of miles of roads and Machu Picchu

Floating Gardens placed out on lakes when land ran out

Slaves were delivered to the America's through the

Exploration ended regional isolation and began global exchange

Which of the following is best supported by the information on the map?

Explorers could calculate their location based on the position of the sun and stars in relation to the horizon

Which two European countries sent conquistadors to conquer new lands for colonization?

Explorer to first "circumnavigate" the globe

At the end of the scientific method, you should:

Introduced laws of gravity and motion

Which of the following are reasons for exploration?

Which of the following is a characteristic of a Conquistador?

Muslim admiral who made early voyages for the Ming Dynasty

Which best describes the Age of Discovery?

Montezuma II

What was the population of the Aztec by the year 1560?

During the 1500's technological advances in navigation, naval engineering, and mapmaking led to

Scientist who used the telescope to help prove the Heliocentric Theory

Mesoamericans located on the Yucatan Peninsula

European kings paid for voyages of exploration in order to?

Created the Scientific Method

Which explorer traveled around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa to Spice Islands India?

The planets circle the sun on an elliptical orbit

Numeric system of record keeping involved tying knots

Who began a vast global exchange that included peoples, plants, technologies, and culture?

Which explorers route is best described in this map?

European Motivations for Exploration:

The Slave Trade grew drastically as a result of Native populations.  Why Africans?

Emergence of modern science that altered the worldview of Europeans

Two of the most infamous conquistadors were

The Transatlantic Trade Route is also called:

Scientist who introduced the Heliocentric Theory