Chapter 18 Flashcards

1
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Sun King who ruled France for 72 years

A

Louis XIV

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2
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named the Pacific Ocean

A

Ferdinand Magellan

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3
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global exchange of people, goods, ideas, & diseases

A

Columbian Exchange

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4
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explanation of how something works based on facts

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theory

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5
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“I think, therefore I am”

A

Rene Descartes

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6
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religious belief based on reason

A

deism

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7
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theorized planets moved in oval paths around the sun

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Johannes Kepler

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8
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the idea that a country gains power by building up a supply of gold & silver

A

mercantilism

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9
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Portuguese prince who mapped Africa’s coastline

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Henry the Navigator

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10
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device used to find latitude

A

astrolabe

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11
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system developed by Ptolemy

A

latitude & longitude

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12
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why the Portuguese brought enslaved Africans to the Cape Verde Islands

A

work in sugarcane fields

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13
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where Champlain set up a fur-trading post

A

Quebec

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14
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when Great Britain recognized American independence

A

1783

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15
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what English doctor William Harvey discovered

A

heart pumps blood through the body

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16
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Ptolemy’s theory about the sun & Earth

A

sun revolved around the Earth

17
Q

greatest thinker of the Enlightenment

A

Voltaire

18
Q

first science affected by the Scientific Revolution

A

astronomy

19
Q

when English Bill of Rights was written (during the…)

A

Glorious Revolution

20
Q

what Spain demanded that made England & Spain go to war in the 1560s

A

Dutch had to remain Catholic