Scientific Revolution/Exploration

Which form of technology allowed Galileo to make new discoveries?

• the telescope
• the barometer
• the microscope
• the astrolabe

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

• Africa

• America

• Asia

• Europe

What religious goal inspired many European explorers?

• to visit holy sites

• to live in poverty

• to spread their beliefs

• to learn about other faiths

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

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world?

• Magellan
• Drake
• Columbus
• da Gama

The first explorer to sail around Africa to Asia was:

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson

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

• England became the supreme naval power in the world

• England was forced to stage a later invasion of France.

• The French were able to attack England more easily.

• Europeans had more silver and gold in their treasuries.

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• Was the center of the Universe
• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons

What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  

• 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

Which scientist developed laws of motion?  

• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Galileo
• Newton