Scientific Revolution/Exploration

Front

Which form of technology allowed Galileo to make new discoveries? Options: the telescope, the barometer, the microscope, the astrolabe

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the telescope

Front

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to: Africa, America, Asia, Europe

Back

Asia

Front

What religious goal inspired many European explorers?

Back

to spread their beliefs

Front

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

Back

Glory

Front

Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world? Options: Magellan, Drake, Columbus, da Gama

Back

Magellan

Front

The first explorer to sail around Africa to Asia was: Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Henry Hudson

Back

Vasco da Gama

Front

What effect did the defeat of the Spanish Armada have on Europe?

Back

England became the supreme naval power in the world

Front

According to Copernicus, the sun

Back

Was the center of the Universe

Front

What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?

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

Front

Which scientist developed laws of motion? Options: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton

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Newton