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| An English philosopher and scientist from the 1200s. |
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| What is was the Scientific Revolution? |
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| People used science and mathematics to solve things that were said to be 'mysteries.' |
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| Who was Nicolaus Copernicus? |
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| A Polish scientist that argued that the sun was the center of the universe. |
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| What is the scientific method? |
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| A method where someone makes an hypothesis to try and prove correct or incorrect. |
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| What is the heliocentric theory? |
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| The theory that Copernicus created. It stated that the sun was the center of the universe. |
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| What two scientists helped to prove Copernicus' theory (heliocentric theory)? |
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| Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler. |
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| Who was Isaac Newton and what did he do? |
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| Isaac Newton was an English scientist who published a book that stated several laws of gravity. |
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| A French philosopher who lead the Scientific Revolution. His studies led to great advance is mathematics, science and philosophy. |
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| Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and scientist who lived around the same time as Descartes. |
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| A device made in the 1100s that had a needle that pointed to 'magnetic' north. |
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| Taxes placed on imported goods. |
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| Mercantilism stated that a country's government should do all that it could to increase its wealth. |
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| Dias is famouse for sailing around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. The Cape of Good Hope is the tip of Africe (before he reached this point is was believed Africa had no ending!) |
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| What is Vasco de Gama famous for? |
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| de Gama is famous for sailing across the Indian Ocean and reaching India in 1498. He obtained rare and valuable goods from India. |
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| Who was Christopher Columbus? |
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| Columbus was a Genoan navigator who studied Marco Polo's writing about the Earth being round. Columbus is infamous for founding America. |
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| Who was Amerigo Vespucci? |
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| Vespucci was an italian navigator (obviously) who crossed the Atlantic Ocean several times as part of Spanish and Portuguese expeditions. |
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| Who was Ferdinand Magellan? |
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| Magellan was a Portoguese navigator who sailed for Spain. In 1519 he set out across the Atlantic to South America. After Magellan reached an uncharted ocean he named it the Pacific Ocean because it was so calm (the word Pacific comes from the latin word 'pacificus' meaning peaceful). |
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| In 1513 Ponce de Leon discovered modern day Florida. |
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| What is Hernan Cortes famous for? |
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| Cortes is famous for capturing and killing the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II and destroying the anciet city Tenochitlan. |
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| What is guerilla warfare? |
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| Guerilla warfare is the use of small raids quick to attack a larger, trained army. |
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