Age of Discovery

5. A new way of looking at problems that involved experimentation, observation, and had to be based on logic and evidence
7. Modeled our solar system by using his laws of planetary motion (last only)
8. Credited with the first circumnavigation of the globe; named the Pacific Ocean (last only)
9. Built upon Copernicus and Galileo’s studies, introduced the theory of gravity, and is mostly know for his laws of motion
11. Movement that followed the Middle Ages which revived education, trade, and art in Europe and led to many changes
13. Introduced the heliocentric theory of the solar system (last only)
14. Spanish explorer and conquistador who attacked Tenochtitlan and took over the mighty Aztec Empire
15. Found the first sea route to India; passed Cape of Good Hope

1. Early Muslim sea explorer from China who visited over 37 countries; possibly found America before Columbus
2. Englishman who explored North America, Australia, and the Arctic Ocean
3. One of the negative effects of the Age of Discovery; Africans were taken captive and exchanged for guns and other goods to be used for labor
4. Italian explorer who convinced Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain to fund an exploration to Asia; 'discovered' the America (last only)
6. The movement of goods, people, ideas, and diseases between the New World and Old World
10. Used a telescope to observe objects in space, experimented with gravity, and supported heliocentric theory causing Church controversy(first only)
12. Spanish explorer and conquistador who took over the gigantic Inca Empire
16. Frenchman who explored North America and Canada; named French settlement at Quebec (last only)