Exploration review 2

Prince Henry the Navigator who was from what country?

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

Magellan's Voyage resulted in his untimely death, but he is credited with being the first to sail around the World. Where are the Straits of Magellan?

• the Southern most Tip of South America

• the Southern most Tip of Africa

• Between Madagascar and Africa

• Off the Tip of the Yucatan Peninsula

In 1492, Italian Christopher Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue, but who paid for or sponsored his trip?

• the King and Queen of Spain

• The Pope

• The King of France

• the Doge of Venice

What time period influenced a new desire to find new lands?

• Renaissance

• WWII

• Reformation

• Middle Ages

Copernicus showed that the sun

• revolved around the earth

• was the center of the universe

• was the biggest star

• had many moons

The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• solar
• sunny

What did Galileo Improve?

• The astrolabe
• the stars
• The Telescope
• cat food.

A German mathematician who was known for his laws of planetary motion in elliptical orbits around the sun.

• Leviticus

• Kepler

• Columbus

• Newton

Who was the English scientist who discovered the laws of gravitation?

• Galileo

• Newton

• Kepler

• Copernicus

How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?

• By careful observation of nature and willingness to question old beliefs

• By reading classic literature

• By collecting samples of plant life

• By forming new government ideas