Social Studies Vocab Flashcards
The practice of acquiring a exploiting territories by European nations to gain resources, markets, and power.
Colonialism
an economic policy that promotes governmental regulation of a nations economy to augment state power, particularly in terms of wealth acquired from colonies.
Mercantilism
an agreement between Spain and Portugal that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands.
Treaty of Tordesillas
Spanish explorers and warriors who led military expeditions in the Americas, significantly impacting indigenous civilizations.
Conquistadors
Laws passed by England to regulate its maritime trade and ensure the benefits of colonial trade and accrued to the mother country.
Navigation Acts
The process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide, which accelerated due to the Voyages of Discovery.
Globalization
A system of trading during the colonial period involving the exchange of goods, slaves, and raw materials between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Triangular Trade
European rulers strengthened their power by acquiring vast overseas empires, fueling competition and leading to imperial dominance.
Monarchies
The astronomical model proposed by Copernicus, suggesting that the sun, not the earth, is the center of the universe.
Heliocentrism
A theory of knowledge that asserts knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience, promoted by thinkers like Francis Bacon.
Empiricism
The belief that reason and knowledge., rather than religious or emotional responses form the basis for understanding the world, championed by Rene Descartes.
Rationalism
An Italian scientist who made significant advancements in astronomy, including the use of the telescope to support heliocentric theory.
Galileo Galilei
A key figure in the Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Isaac Newton
A systematic procedure of observation, measurement, experiment, and the formulation of question and hypotheses, developed during this period.
Scientific Method
