Across
- 3. financed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to travel across the Atlantic to Asia, believed he had reach India and named the new found land the West Indies.
- 6. carefully conducted experiments and mathematical calculations used to verify the results of experiments
- 7. the transporting of slaves across the Atlantic to the Americas
- 8. first to sail around the southern tip of Africa
- 9. name given to the trade route where goods and slaves were sent between Europe, The Americas, and Africa
- 12. believed all assumptions had to be proven on the basis of known facts; "I think, therefore I am"
- 13. built the first telescope used to observed the motion of planets
- 16. transformation in thinking caused by scientific observation, experimentation, and the questioning of traditional opinions
- 19. economic theory that sated that there was a fixed amount of wealth in the world
Down
- 1. sailed around the southern tip of Africa and opened a direct trade route from Europe to the Indies
- 2. first realized that Columbus's discoveries were a New World, named "America" after him
- 3. the period of major economic change between the 1400s and the 1700s
- 4. states the sun is the center of the universe
- 5. a massive exchange of goods that took place after Columbus's voyage
- 10. grants of money given by the government used to encourage manufacturing
- 11. named the Pacific Ocean after using it to reach Asia from the west
- 14. states the earth is the center of the universe
- 15. business organization where owners raised money by selling shares, or stock, in the company
- 17. gave us the law of gravity
- 18. uses a magnetized piece of metal that points to the north