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Scientific Revolution and The Age of Discovery
Scientific Revolution and The Age of Discovery
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Goes along with Chapter 20 in textbook. Science and Discovery.
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Columbus sailed the ocean blue in...............
1592
1490
1492
1942
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Explanations scientists develop to explain observed facts are called......
theories
hypotheses
conclusions
conjecture
3
This man began stealing treasure from Spanish transport ships, and Spain became furious.
Sir Francis Drake
Vasco da Gama
Aztec longboats
Cortez
4
Which of the following did not originate in the New World?
Tobacco
Horses
Tomatoes
Peppers
5
Sailors used which of the following tools to navigate...?
Charts and Maps
The Stars
Astrolabe
Compass
6
This event caused the Europeans to doubt the Greeks.
Greek star maps were wrong.
Copernicus realized that Greek scholars were uneducated.
Columbus sailed the Atlantic using Ptolemys inaccurate map.
Galileo discovered that the world is not flat.
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Which of the following was not a reason for the increased demand for manufactured goods?
Europe's population was growing.
New colonies had to get their manufactured goods from Europe
Cheaper food means extra spending money.
Food was more expensive to make for farmers.
8
The word "science" comes from the Latin word meaning......
discovery
investigation
knowledge
education
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This man charted the positions of over 750 stars emphasizing details and accurate records.
Johannes Kepler
Tycho Brahe
Galileo Galilei
Ptolemy
10
Kepler encountered this problem when mapping planetal orbits....
The Earth did not orbit.
Planets moved in circular orbits.
The planets did not orbit.
Planets did not move in circular orbits.
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The exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World and the Old World is known as:
Columbian Exchange
Triangle Trade
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Bermuda Triangle
12
Individuals decide which goods and services they will buy and sell.
market economy
competive communism
capitalism
mercantilism
13
This time period occured in Europe between about 1540 and 1700.
Scientific Revolution
Renaissance
Age of Discovery
Medieval Times
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This brought the "high point" of the Scientific Revolution.
Isaac Newton published Principa Mathematica
Italian scientists invent the barometer.
Galileo was the first to use experiments.
Galileo studied mechanics.
15
This scholar was not one of the Greek thinkers who looked at the world in a rational way.
Plato
Aristotle
Galileo
Ptolemy
16
The following was not one of Christopher Columbus's ships.
San Diego
Pinta
Santa Maria
Nina
17
___________ conquered and killed the Aztecs and the Incas for their gold.
Ferdinand Magellan
Spanish Explorers
Vasco da Gama
Henry the Navigator
18
This explorer sailed around Africa and landed on the West Coast of India.
Ferdinand Magellan
Cortez
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
19
Which of the following did not originate in the Old World?
Citrus Fruits
Oranges
Tomatoes
Horses
20
This event is known as the beginning of the Scientific Revolution.
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
"On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres" is published.
Galileo studied the sky with a telescope.
Johannes Kepler mapped the planets.
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System in which a govt controls all economic activity in a country/colonies to make govt strong
communism
mercantilism
commercialism
capitalism
22
Why did people want to explore the New World in the 1400s?
There was not enough land in Europe.
People needed slaves.
People were simply curious.
People wanted new goods and spices.
23
This scientist discredited Ptolemy's theory that the sun and planets orbit the Earth.
Sir Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
24
In the 1590s this innovative piece of technology was invented.
microscope
barometer
scientific method
thermometer
