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6th Grade Modern Europe Graphic Organizer

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Scientific Revolution ● Leads to the birth of modern science ● Focus was on what people observed, not what they were told ● Searched for logical explanations of how the world worked ● Leads to an increase in tension between church officials and science
Telescope/Galileo ● Allowed scientists to observe that the universe was heliocentric (sun-centered) ● Galileo publishes a book supporting a sun-centered universe which leads to conflict with the Church (and Galileo’s arrest & trial)
Newton’s law of gravity ● Contributed to the field of physics ● Helped scientists better understand the force that attracts objects to each other
New inventions (in general) ● Contributed to and made the Age of Exploration possible
Better compasses & astrolabe ● Made travel by sea safer ● Helped sailors determine their location while at sea (The astrolabe was invented by Muslim scientists, brought to Europe in 11th century. Europeans made it heartier and better for rough sea travel)
Better mapmaking ● Allowed people to plan safer travels
Caravel ● Made sea travel faster and safer
Identify five reasons why Europeans wanted to explore 1. Curious about the unknown 2. For adventure and excitement 3. Religious reasons 4. Wealth and economic reasons 5. To benefit their countries
Christopher Columbus (sponsored by?) - Spain ● Goal was to reach Asia by sailing west (never reached Asia) ● Landed in the Americas (New World) ● Spurred further exploration of new land
Bartolomeu Dias (sponsored by?) - Portugal ● Searching for sea route to Asia ● Set up trading posts along West African coast ● Sailed to southern tip of Africa
Vasco da Gama (sponsored by?) - Portugal ● Searching for a sea route to Asia ● Sailed around the tip of Africa to India ● Found a new sea route to Asia
Ferdinand Magellan (sponsored by?) - Spain ● Circumnavigate the world ● He died in the Philippines ● Surviving crew successfully completed the voyage
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