L38 & 39 Exploration and Scientific Revolution

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

• a passage to India by land
• a way to the South Pole
• a new trade route to India by sea
• a new school in Portugal

The journeys of Vasco da Gama, Bartholomeu Dias, and Christopher Columbus became possible in the late 1400s because of the

• support of exploration by the English government

• trade connections established by Ibn Battuta

• effects of the Atlantic slave trade

• development of new navigational instruments and technology

Which of these WAS NOT one of the inventions that helped European explorers travel across the Atlantic

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

• Magnetic Compass

• Telescope

Bartholomeu Dias proved that it was possible to

• find a water route to India.

• travel from Portugal to India.

• circumnavigate Africa when he reached the southern tip of the continent, now known as the “Cape of Good Hope.”

• create the most sophisticated maps of their time.

Who was the first explorer to successfully make a trip from Portugal to India by sea

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Vasco De Gama

• Hernan Cortez

Which country financed Christopher Columbus' trip to Asia from across the Atlantic Ocean

• Italy

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world by sailing.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

Prior to the Scientific Revolution where did scholars get their information?

• Bible and classical thinkers

• Bible and textbooks

• Encyclopedia and Wikipedia

• Classical thinkers and wikipedia

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

The 6-step procedure based on observation and experimentation is called...  

• Planetary Model
• Philosophical Method
• Pavlov's Hierarchy of Needs
• the Scientific Method