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5. Explorers The BIG ideas Astronomy and Science Colonization American Revolution 100 Point 200 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 100 Point 200 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points Major Advance- ments

6. The year, the discoverer, and the country he sailed under, for the one who came to the Americas

7. 1492, Columbus, Spain

8. He was the first to start charting and training sailors for a route around or through Africa to get to Asia, and his country

9. Henry the Navigator; Portugal

10. He is the first to get around Africa and make it to India

11. Vasco da Gama

12. He is the first to discover the Cape of Good

13. Bartholomeu Dias

14. This English explorer sailed for England and The Netherlands, and was left to die in the cold in Canada in 1611

15. Henry Hudson

16. It’s the definition and two examples of the Columbian Exchange

17. The exchange of goods, people, and ideas between the new and old world that occurred after 1492

18. It’s the definition of a joint-stock company

19. When investors fund an idea or expedition in return for a share of the profit made by the company

20. This is the name for a person who has a big idea, takes a chance to develop and market that idea, and hopefully, profits from that idea when they start a business

21. Entrepreneur

22. It’s the word whose meaning has to do with using science and reason to make society and government better, Locke in your answer!

23. The Enlightenment

24. The scientific revolution began in this area of study– if you don’t know the answer, don’t let it burst your hubble– I mean bubble…

25. Astronomy

26. These two inventions allowed sailors to sail into the wind

27. Improved rudders and triangular sails

28. These two inventions gave sailors the confidence to leave sight of land and still be able to tell where they were and what direction they were going

29. Compass and Astrolabe

30. Better maps allowed sailors to have an easier time getting around; so did the invention of this grid system used with maps

31. Latitude and Longitude

32. This type of Portuguese ship had many masts and smaller sails, allowing it to push a big ship very quickly; it came to dominate the seas during the age of exploration

33. Caravel

34. His invention of the telescope changed the way people looked at astronomy and their place in the world

35. Galileo Galilei

36. This Egyptian-born astronomer came up with the theory that the Earth was the center of the solar system- his theory lasted over 1000 years

37. Ptolemy

38. This astronomer correctly modeled the solar system, putting the sun at the center

39. Copernicus

40. This astronomer correctly theorized that the planets orbit in ellipses, not in a perfect circle

41. Johannes Kepler

42. This mathematician developed the universal law of gravitation, saying that the force of gravity holds the entire solar system together by keeping the sun and planets in their orbits

43. Isaac Newton

44. This famous French thinker summed up the basis of his existence by saying, “I think, therefore I am.”

45. Rene Descartes

46. These three nations colonized North America, and their location and religion

47. France- Catholic, Canada and Mississippi River Spain- Catholic, Mesoamerica England- Protestant, east coast of present day U.S.

48. This war resulted in France losing its North American colonies

49. French and Indian War

50. The House of Burgesses is the first example of this type of Government

51. Representative Government

52. It’s the first colony set up by the English in North America

53. Jamestown

54. It’s the year and place of landing, and religion of the Pilgrims

55. 1620, Plymouth, Puritan

56. Much of the resentment and events in the lead-up to the Revolution happened in this city

57. Boston

58. The colonists were mad that Parliament passed a series of taxes to pay war debt- starting with this one

59. Sugar Act or Stamp Act

60. This person wrote the Declaration of Independence

61. Thomas Jefferson

62. In these two years, the colonies declared independence, and that independence was recognized

63. 1776 and 1783

64. This group helped the colonists win the final revolutionary battle, by showing up with this

65. French, they brought their navy

66. Make your wager

67. Using the words colony, import, export, commerce, cottage industry, precious metals, and resources, write a definition for mercantilism

68. The theory of mercantilism held that a nation’s power rested in it’s supply of precious metals. Therefore it sought to import less goods than it exported, gain colonies to exploit resources, and used the cottage industry to have poor people help mass produce goods for market. This helped them collect gold and silver and gain power over their rivals.