Unit 5 Age of Exploration

Front

What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory? Options: That Jupiter had four moons, That the planets revolved around the earth, That the sun was the biggest star, That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun

Back

That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun

Front

Which scientist developed laws of motion?

Back

Newton

Front

The Incas built roads through the _________________________ and occupied Peru at the time the Spanish arrived in the 1500s.

Back

Andes Mountains

Front

Aztec capital city built on a swampy island

Back

Tenochtitlan

Front

A method of growing crops on the sides of mountains.

Back

terrace farming

Front

type of agriculture used by Mayans to deal with their heavily forested environment

Back

slash and burn

Front

agricultural innovation used by the Aztecs to grow crops in Lake Texcoco

Back

chinampas

Front

What is the Columbian Exchange?

Back

Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

Front

Fast ship that could sail with & against the wind, large cargo area, and shallow hull that could navigate shallow water

Back

caravel

Front

Which of the following helped explorers determine latitude from the position of the sun, moon, and stars? (Options: compass, caravel, astrolabe)

Back

astrolabe