Chapter 10 The Age of Exploration Traders & Explorers Lesson 1
Marco Polo Italian merchant who spent 25 years in Asia
Khanbalik City in china that was unknown to the Europeans
Kublai Khan Great Chinese Leader
Book written by Marco Polo Ye shall find all kinds of wonderful things!
Henry the Navigator Convinced there was an all water route from Europe to the Indies
Astronomy Study of planets, stars, & other heavenly bodies
Compass Most important instrument of navigation
Caravel Sailing ship better suited for rough seas & long voyages
Bartholomeu Dias Left Portugal & steered his fleet around the southern tip of Africa – called it the “Cape of Storms”
Vasco da Gama Sailed his ships into India
Calicut Port in India in which da Gama sailed
Christopher Columbus Sails for India, discovers the “new world”
Christopher Columbus
Chapter 10 The Age of Exploration The Beginning of Modern Science Lesson 2
Copernicus Astronomer who believed that the revolved around the sun
Geocentric Theory All the planets revolve around the sun
Heliocentric Theory The sun is the center of the universe
Galileo Developed a way to prove the truth of the Heliocentric Theory
Telescope Makes faraway objects appear closer
Isaac Newton Offered proof that the earth revolves around the sun
Gravity Force that causes objects to be pulled toward the center of the Earth