The Scientific Revolution and Age of Exploration (Ch 14 &16)

Question 1

_____ claimed lands in the Americas and the Pacific, such as the present-day Philippines.

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 2

A large farm that required many laborers

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plantation

Question 3

A specific way to gather knowledge, observation and analysis

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Science

Question 4

In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the present-day _________.

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Bahamas

Question 5

German Astronomer who discovered the shape and speed of orbits around the sun

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Kepler

Question 6

Viking Explorer who "discovered" North America in 982 CE

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Erik The Red

Question 7

the amount of money charged by a bank for a loan

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interest

Question 8

An economic system based on private ownership of resources.

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capitalism

Question 9

Economic policy stating that a nation's power depended on its wealth.

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mercantilism

Question 10

To travel completely around the world.

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circumnavigate

Question 11

The Triangular Trade was between _______ that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas.

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Europe, Africa, and the Americas

Question 12

Which of the following did NOT originally come from Europe and travel to the Americas?

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corn

Question 13

This Portuguese explorer sailed east all the way to India in 1498.

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Vasco da Gama

Question 14

A device that measures air pressure, can help to forecast weather

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barometer

Question 15

A step by step method for performing experiments

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Scientific Method

Question 16

Movement of plants, animals, and other living things between the eastern & western hemispheres.

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Columbian Exchange

Question 17

The belief that different groups of people are superior or inferior at birth

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racism

Question 18

Portuguese Prince who set up navigation schools for explorers

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Henry The Navigator

Question 19

English scientist and Philosopher who wrote about the importance of Science

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Cavendish

Question 20

Explanations scientists make based on observable data

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Theories

Question 21

The Earth is the center of the Solar System

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Geocentric

Question 22

An English Pirate, paid by Elizabeth I to loot Spanish Ships

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Sir. Francis Drake

Question 23

The Sun is the center of the Solar System

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Heliocentric

Question 24

Italian "Polymath" who studied the skies with his telescope, studied mechanics

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Galileo

Question 25

A collection of accurate maps of the earth

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Atlas

Question 26

A system wherein family members work in their home to produce goods/services

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Cottage Industry

Question 27

Polish Astronomer who proved that the Earth revolved around the sun

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Copernicus

Question 28

A economic system based on the laws of supply and demand

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Market Economy

Question 29

Looking at the world in a reasonable, non emotional way

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Rationalism

Question 30

The expedition of this Portuguese explorer was the first to circumnavigate the world.

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Ferdinand Magellan

Question 31

Brilliant English Mathematician and Scientist, laws of the physical world (physics)

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Newton

Question 32

A series of events that led to modern thinking and rationalism

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Scientific Revolution

Question 33

Forerunner of chemistry, magical thinking

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Alchemy

Question 34

This nation was NOT involved in the Age of Exploration

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Germany

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