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6thWHistoryChapter20
6th grade World History Chapter 20
Question | Answer |
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Scientific Revolution | series of events that led to the birth of modern science |
theories | the explanations scientists develop to explain observed facts |
circumnavigate | go all the way around the globe |
Spanish Armada | a fleet of ships in Spain's large navy |
Columbian Exchange | the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World and the Old World |
Galileo | Italian scientist who was the first to study the sky with a telescope |
Sir Isaac Newton | an English scientist who is considered one of the greatest scientists who ever lived |
scientific method | a step by step process for performing experiments and other scientific research |
plantations | large farms |
mercantillism | a system in which a government controls all economic activity in a country and its colonies to make the government stronger and richer |
capitalism | an economic system in which individuals and private businesses run most industries |
market economy | individuals decide what goods and services they will buy and sell |