Chapter 18 Flashcards
Sun King who ruled France for 72 years
Louis XIV
named the Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Magellan
global exchange of people, goods, ideas, & diseases
Columbian Exchange
explanation of how something works based on facts
theory
“I think, therefore I am”
Rene Descartes
religious belief based on reason
deism
theorized planets moved in oval paths around the sun
Johannes Kepler
the idea that a country gains power by building up a supply of gold & silver
mercantilism
Portuguese prince who mapped Africa’s coastline
Henry the Navigator
device used to find latitude
astrolabe
system developed by Ptolemy
latitude & longitude
why the Portuguese brought enslaved Africans to the Cape Verde Islands
work in sugarcane fields
where Champlain set up a fur-trading post
Quebec
when Great Britain recognized American independence
1783
what English doctor William Harvey discovered
heart pumps blood through the body