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The Scientific Revolution The Enlightenment Thinkers The Age of Exploration
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100 200 400 300 400 Scientific Rev.Enlightenment Thinkers Age of Exploration Knowledge Tester 300 200 400 200 100 500 100
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Row 1, Col 1 Who was an ancient Greek astronomer who believed that the earth was the center of the universe? Ptolemy
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1,2 Who believe that people needed to be governed by one ruler with absolute power because people are selfish by nature and cannot be trusted to make rules that would be good for everyone? Thomas Hobbes
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1,3 This Italian explorer sailed for Spain in 1492, and discovered land that he called the West Indies (Bahamas today). Columbus
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1,4 Who was put on trial for heresy and forced to take back his theories in fear of being tortured? Galileo
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2,1 Who was the first to theorize the Heliocentric theory that the earth revolved around the sun? Copernicus
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2,2 Who believed that even criminals should have rights and that a person who is accused of a crime should receive a fair and speedy trial? Cesare Beccaria
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2,3 This Spanish explorer was the first to discover the Pacific Ocean. Balboa
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2,4 Philosophers would gather to exchange And debate ideas in informal meetings called? Salons
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3,1 Who was the first person to study the sky with a telescope and used experiments to test his theories? Galileo
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3,2 Who supported religious tolerance and was a strong believer that people must be free to speak their minds? Voltaire
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3,3 This Portuguese explorer circumnavigated the globe to prove that the earths oceans were linked. Magellan
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3,4 What are the three branches of government that Montesquieu supported? Legislative, Executive, Judicial
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4,1 Who argued that science should be pursued systematically (step-by-step) to gain more knowledge? Frances Bacon
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4,2 What revolutions were greatly inspired by the Enlightenment Thinkers? The American and French Revolutions
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4,3 This Portuguese explorer was the first to find a sea route around Africa to India (Asia). De Gama
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4,4 Which explorer not only defeated the Incan Empire, but ruled it for 10 years? Pizarro
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5,1 Who helped to prove Copernicus’s theory that the planets orbit the sun and observed that planets move in elliptical (oval) orbits? Tycho Brahe
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5,2 What did women Enlightenment Thinkers Argue for? They wanted women to have the same rights as men.
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5,3 This Italian explorer sailed for England and was the first European to sail to North America (Canada) since the Vikings 500 years before. Cabot
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5,4 Give three reasons why Europeans wanted to explore the seas in the 15 th Century? Trade routes, spreading religion, curiosity, wealth
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