Exploration and Scientific Revolution Crossword

123456789101112131415
Across
  1. 2. The six step process used in Science that starts with an observation and ends with a conclusion.
  2. 4. In the late 1700's, Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent this.
  3. 5. This ancient civilization used math that included the concept of zero, a 365-day calendar and a writing system.
  4. 10. This was the method of record keeping the Incas used. It was a collection of knotted strings.
  5. 11. These are two types of calendars that the Aztecs, Incas and Mayas used.
  6. 14. Modern scientific methods are based on the ideas of these two guys. (last names only)
  7. 15. This explorer of the new world was able to conquer the Aztecs because of his advanced weapons and diseases his people brought over unknowingly.
Down
  1. 1. These two countries began sea voyages of exploration during the 15th century.
  2. 3. Britain, France, Spain and Portugal beginning to claim land to relieve population pressure and create new markets.
  3. 6. The first person given credit for circumnavigating the world.
  4. 7. The three G's that was described as motivation for European explorers to find a way to sail to Asia.
  5. 8. This crop was sent from the Americas to Europe and was important in Ireland and China.
  6. 9. These two items were brought to the Americas by Europeans through the Columbian Exchange.
  7. 12. This scientist helped bring the scientific breakthroughs of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo together under a single theory of motion
  8. 13. Most of the slave forts were located here. Also where the majority of slaves were taken to the Americas from.