Question | Answer |
First European to Asia in 1400s by land | Marco Polo |
Discovered Cape of Good Hope | Dias |
First European to India | da Gama |
First European to New England | Cabot |
First European to South American Coast | Vespucci |
Discovered Brazil | Cabral (Cabrazil) |
First European to discover the Pacific Ocean | Balboa |
Discovered Florida | Ponce de Leon |
Conquered Mexico | Cortes (Cortexico) |
First to sail around the world (died in the Philippines) | Magellan (his ship made it back home) |
Conquered Peru | Pizarro |
Discovered North America's southeast | de Soto |
Discovered North America's southwest | Coronado |
Discovered Great Lakes and Quebec | Champlain |
Discovered Hudson River, Hudson Bay in northeast North America | Hudson |
Crop that brought slaves to US? | Tobacco |
First leg of triangle trade? | Manufactured goods to AFR from EUR (guns) |
Second leg of triangle trade? | Slaves from AFR to AME |
Second leg of triangle trade called? | Middle Passage |
Third leg of triangle trade? | AME sending raw materials to EUR |
Most African slaves were __________ of war | Prisoners (POW) |
What is a mestizo? | A person with both native and Spanish blood. |
Why didn't the English blend with the natives like the Spanish did? | English came as settlers, not as explorers. Most English brought their wives and families, so they didn't intermarry much with the natives. |
How many people died in the Middle Passage? | 2 million |
How many Africans were enslaved during the slave trade? | 10 million |
What impact did the slave trade have on Africa in the long run? | Many families and communities were destroyed. A lot of men were taken away making communities weak. Today, many problems in Africa can be traced back to the slave trade. |
What is an absolute monarch? | A king or queen that has all the power. |
What is divine right? | The right to rule given by God. It means that if someone goes against the king, they are going against God. |
Who was known as the Sun King of France? | Louis XIV (14th) |
Why was Louis XIV known as the Sun King? | He said he was the source of light for his people. |
Which king is the best example of an absolute monarch? | Louis XIVI (14th) |
What country was Louis XIV (14th) from? | France |
People from which continent benefited the most from the slave trade? | Europe |
How did Louis XIV (14th) leave France? | Bankrupt |
Where was Louis' palace? | Versailles, 10 miles outside Paris |
Which queen paid for Shakespeare to write and perform plays? | Elizabeth |
What book did Miguel Cervantes write? | Don Quixote |
1. Why did Galileo go on trial? Who brought charges against him? | Believed in heliocentric universe. Catholic Church. Gal recanted. |
2. Who was the first to come up with a geocentric universe? What is geocentric? | Ptolemy/Earth-centered/ |
4. Who was the first to come up with a heliocentric universe? What does heliocentric mean? | Copernicus/sun-centered |
3. Name two reasons the Church didn't like Galileo’s ideas about the universe. | Earth not at center = ppl not important. Bible puts ppl as most important. |
4. Who discovered gravity? | Isaac Newton |
8. Who said “I think, therefore I am.”? | Descartes (DAY CART) – I am only alive in my mind. |
9. In your own words, describe rationalism. | Using reason to solve problems. |
10. What is the scientific method? Who came up with it? | Systematic steps of analyzing data/Bacon |
11. What was the Enlightenment? | Using the scientific method to solve social problems |
12. Why is Diderot important in history? | Invented Encyclopedia |
14. What is the social contract and who came up with it? | Rousseau/ gov takes care of the ppl, ppl allow gov to rule |
15. What was Mary Wollstonecraft known for? What did she argue for? | First modern feminist/equal education for women |
Which philosopher thought that people were generally good? | Locke |
Which philosopher thought that people were generally selfish? | Hobbes |
Today, if someone follows the ideas of Hobbes, we call them... | Conservatives |
Today, if someone follows the ideas of Locke, we call them... | Liberals |
Which philosopher came up with the three branches of government? | Montesquieu |
Which philosopher came up with the scientific method? | Bacon |
What did Mary Wollstonecraft think was the solution to inequalities based on gender? | Equal education for boys and girls |
What is deism? | The belief that God set the Earth in motion and walked away. Thinking God is not worried about our everyday lives. Like a watchmaker. |
Who was Voltaire? | A deist that criticized the Church publicly. |