Historical Figures and Concepts

Machiavelli is important because:

• He was an extremely controversial explorer.

• He wrote 'The Prince' and had new views for how politics should work

• He discovered America

• He lead multiple explorations across the globe

Geocentrism or Heliocentrism? Copernicus or Ptolemy? _________ - believes that the Earth is at the center of the universe – Who believed this to be true?

• Geocentrism, Ptolemy

• Heliocentrism, Copernicus

• Geocentrism, Copernicus

• Heliocentrism, Ptolemy

_________ - believes that the sun is at the center of the universe – Who believed this to be true?

• Heliocentrism, Copernicus

• Geocentrism, Ptolemy

• Relativity, Einstein

• Quantum Mechanics, Bohr

Leif Erikson - What is his main accomplishment?

• Founding America at least half a century earlier than any other European

• Founding Iceland

• Becoming a Viking King

• Writing Norse Sagas

Prince Henry - What is his nickname?

• The Navigator

• The Conqueror

• The Explorer

• The Sailor

Samuel de Champlain is important because he was a French explorer and the founder of Quebec City. What is named after him?

• Champlain Bridge

• Champlain Lake

• Champlain River

• Champlain Mountain

Ferdinand Magellan is best known for:

• Circumnavigating the globe

• Discovering America

• Inventing the telescope

• Writing the Declaration of Independence

Though this explorer has a river and bay named after him, his crew set him and his son adrift:

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

This explorer is believed to have exaggerated his travels to Asia:

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

The continent of America is named after this explorer:

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot