Scientific Revolution/Exploration

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

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

Explorers were able to reach and explore new lands because of improved navigation tools. 

• True
• False

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

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

I started a school for navigators, and people who wanted to go out exploring.

• Columbus
• Prince Henry
• Polo
• Magellan

What religious goal inspired many European explorers?

• to visit holy sites

• to live in poverty

• to spread their beliefs

• to learn about other faiths

Which scientist developed laws of motion?  

• Ptolemy
• Copernicus
• Galileo
• Newton

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

• Africa

• America

• Asia

• Europe

What did Sir Francis Drake raid and steel?

• weapons

• people

• Gold from Spanish ships

• Food

The first explorer to sail around Africa to Asia was:

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