Chapter 20 Vocab

The series of events that led to the birth of Modern Science

• Scientific Revolution
• Theories
• Capitalism
• Market Economy 

The explanations scientist developed to explain observed facts

• Opinion
•  Theories 
• Plantations
• Scientific Revolution

Greek thinker who wrote about astronomy, geography and logic

• Galileo Galilei
• Sir Issac Newton
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Ptolemy 

Polish astronomer who thought the planets orbit the sun

• Spanish Amarda
• Mercantilism
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Ferdinand Magellan

German Astronomer 

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Johannes Kepler
• Galileo Galilei
• Sir Issac Newton 

Italian Scientist who was the first to study the sky with a telescope 

• Vasco de Gama
• Johannes Kepler
• Ptolemy 
• Galileo Galilei

English Scientist who discovered the law of gravity and many other scientific laws 

• Sir Issac Newton 
• Sir Francis Drake
• Christopher Columbus 
• Henry the Navigator 

Step by step process for performing experiments and other scientific research 

• Circumnavigate
• Scientific Method
• Capitalism 
• Market Economy 

He taught the Portuguese people how to navigate around the sea

• Henry the Navigator
• Circumnavigate 
• Vasco de Gama 
• Ferdinand Magellan 

Founded a sea route to Asia 

• ptolemy 
• Nicolaus Copermicus 
• Vasco de Gama
• Johannes Kepler