Week 6 & 7

Question 1

From Portugal; took over after Prince Henry’s quest after he died; was successful in getting around the southern tip of Africa and getting to Calicut in India

Answer 1

Vasco da Gama

Question 2

From Italy but sailed under Spanish flag; found and explored the Caribbean islands and established the first permanent European contact with the Western Hemisphere

Answer 2

Christopher Columbus

Question 3

From Portugal; set out to map the coast of Africa; recognizing that Portugal needed a sea route to Asia

Answer 3

Prince Henry the Navigator

Question 4

Sailed for Spain and conquered the Aztecs in central Mexico; landed in the coast in 1519 and by 1521 had defeated the Aztec King Moctezuma and destroyed the city of Tenochtitlan; later the site of Mexico City

Answer 4

Hernando Cortez

Question 5

Sailed for Spain and conquered the Incas in South America; killed Atahupla after receiving ransom

Answer 5

Francisco Pizarro

Question 6

Portuguese navigator and explorer who sailed for Spain; led the first crew to circumnavigate the world; died along the way

Answer 6

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 7

English sailor; 2nd person to circumnavigate the globe; along the way gained hatred of Spanish by raiding their settlements and gaining riches for The Queen of England; later helped defeat Spanish Armada

Answer 7

Francis Drake

Question 8

A sailor and navigator for France and he explored Eastern Canada and the St. Lawrence River

Answer 8

Jacques Cartier

Question 9

Developed the heliocentric theory =earth revolves around the sun

Answer 9

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 10

Used math and models of planetary motion to prove heliocentric theory

Answer 10

Johannes Kepler

Question 11

Used an improved telescope to help prove the heliocentric theory

Answer 11

Galileo Galilei

Question 12

Developed laws of gravity and motion

Answer 12

Isaac Newton

Question 13

Studied circulation of blood and workings of the heart

Answer 13

William Harvey

Question 14

Made more people literate; people had access to more books; allowed for a common currency

Answer 14

Invention of the printing press

Question 15

Transplanting people from one area to another and having control over them while they live there

Answer 15

Colonialism

Question 16

Global transfer of plants, animals, disease, and food between the eastern and western hemispheres during the age of exploration

Answer 16

Colombian Exchange

Question 17

Trade route where sugar was traded from the Caribbean to Europe, Guns and Rum were traded from Europe to Africa, and Slaves were traded from Africa to the Caribbean

Answer 17

Triangular Trade

Question 18

European maritime nation competed for overseas markets, colonies, and resources; a whole new economic system emerged

Answer 18

Commercial Revolution

Question 19

Placed an emphasis on reason an the systematic observance of nature

Answer 19

Scientific Revolution