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Scientific Revolution/Age of Exploration

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rationalism   use of reason to understand the world  
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geocentric theory   belief that the earth is the center of the universe  
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harmony   things combining well with each other to form the universe as a whole  
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anatomy   finding structure of living things  
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dissection   cutting open plants and animals to examine their parts  
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Scientific Revolution   period of questioning accepted views of the world  
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heliocentric   sun centered  
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universal gravitation   action of gravity on all objects throughout the universe  
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scientific method   approach to understanding the world that involves observation and experimentation  
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Kepler   proved, using math, that the planets moved around the sun  
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Copernicus   the first to believe that the sun was the center of the universe  
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Galileo   used the telescope and open glass thermometer  
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Newton   said all physical objects were affected by gravity  
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Harvey   the first to study the circulation of the blood and to say that our hearts pump blood  
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Leeuwenhoek   built a microscope and was the first to observe bacteria  
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Fahrenheit   made the first mercury thermometer  
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Torricelli   invented the barometer  
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Bacon   came up with the theory of Scientific Method  
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Dias   Portuguese man to reach the Cape of Good Hope at the bottom of Africa  
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da Gama   First man (Portuguese) who went around the southern part of Africa and found a route to India  
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Where does Ms. Soster's daughter go to college?   Ohio State University  
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Magellan   First man (Spanish) whose crew circumnavigated the world  
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Pizarro   Spanish man who took over the Incas in Peru  
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Coronado   Spanish man who explored the southwest part of the U.S. looking for the Seven Cities of gold which he never found  
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Cortes   Spanish man who conquered the Aztec Indians in Mexico  
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Cabot   Italian navigator who explored for England, looking for NW Passage; He went up to Newfoundland.  
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Verrazzano   Italian man sent by the French to find the NW Passage; He explored the North American coast from the Carolinas to Canada.  
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Balboa   Spanish man who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean  
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Ponce de Leon   Spanish man who explored Florida looking for the "fountain of youth"  
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de Soto   Spanish man who explored the Southern United States and Mississippi River  
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Champlain   French explorer who founded and named Quebec, Canada  
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Hudson   English man who worked for Dutch East India Company; A strait, a bay, and a river are named after him in the New York area.  
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La Salle   French man who explored Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and explored the length of the Mississippi River  
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Marquette   French priest and explorer who explored the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and Mississippi River with Jolliet.  
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Jolliet   French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and Mississippi River with Father Marquette  
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Drake   English explorer and pirate who stole gold from the Spanish and gave it to Queen Elisabeth I of England  
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Cabral   Portuguese explorer who claimed Brazil for Portugal  
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What was the Columbian Exchange?   movement of living things between hemispheres  
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What was the Triangle Trade?   trade between West Indies (silver, sugar cane), Europe (cheap manuf. goods), and Africa (slaves)  
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Name five good things that were exchanged between Europe and the Americas.   wheat, onions, grapes, sugar cane, oranges, domestic animals, corn, potatoes, pineapples, silver  
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Name two bad things that were exchanged between Europe and the Americas.   diseases, slaves  
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Name five European countries who began colonies in the Americas.   England, France, Spain, Portugal, Holland (Dutch)  
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Who were the two countries involved in the War of the Spanish Armada?   England and Spain  
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What was the cause of the War of the Spanish Armada?   English pirate, Drake, was robbing Spanish; England was Anglican/Spain was Catholic  
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Who was the leader of Spain during this time? Why didn't like England?   Philip II; They took his gold, they were protestant, and their queen wouldn't marry him.  
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Who was the leader of England during this time?   Elisabeth I  
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Who won the War of the Spanish Armada? Why?   England; They had lighter, swifter ships and a storm destroyed Spanish Armada.  
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Explain Mercantilism.   exclusive trade between another country and colonies; colony provided raw materials; mother country provided ________  
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Explain Capitalism.   private ownership/competition; private owners determine products made, how much made, and cost; cost is determined by supply and demand  
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Explain Socialism.   Main means of production are controlled or owned by the government; smaller businesses are owned by private citizens.  
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Communism.   Government owns and controls all economic production and distribution of a country.  
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