Who was a Portuguese sailor who was the first European to sail around Africa to Asia?
Vasco da Gama
Who discovered that the planets travel in elliptical paths, not circles as previously thought?
Johannes Kepler
What is Nicolaus Copernicus known for developing?
The heliocentric theory
Galileo ________ used his telescope to support ___________ theory.
Galilei; heliocentric
What did the importation of large amounts of silver/gold from the New World do to Spain's economy?
Caused massive inflation
What was the trade of goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas called?
The Triangle Trade
What continent is known for attempting to limit European contact by setting up enclaves or practicing isolationism?
Asia
What were imported to Africa that allowed some societies in Africa to control and subjugate other groups?
Guns/firearms
Give two exports of Africa.
Ivory, gold, slaves, salt
What was the spread of ideas, goods, diseases, and more from the eastern to/from western hemispheres?
Columbian Exchange
Who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and helped Elizabeth I defeat the Spanish Armada?
Francis Drake
Who explored the St. Lawrence river in modern day Canada and what nation did he sail for?
Jacques Cartier
Who formulated the law of gravity?
Isaac Newton
Who led the first crew to circumnavigate the globe and what nation did he sail for?
Ferdinand Magellan; Spain
What did William Harvey discover?
The circulation of the blood
Where were trading posts established (geographically) in Africa and Asia? Why?
Along the coast; easy access for trade/reinforcement
The ______________ Plan was designed for the Spanish to protect and educate the indigenous peoples of the Americas, but essentially became glorified slavery.
Encomienda
Who was a Portuguese pioneer of nautical exploration, helping Europeans to establish navigation schools and explore further than ever before?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Describe who were lost in Africa due to the slave trade.
Fittest members of society
Who sailed for Spain and destroyed the Aztec Empire?
Hernando Cortez
What were established by the British, Portuguese, and Dutch to expand into Africa and Asia and had the power to wage war, sign treaties, and establish trade deals?
Trading companies
Who sailed for Spain and is credited with destroying the Incan Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
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