
Matching Pairs WHII.4 Age of DiscoveryOnline version Terms and defs. related to ideas of the Age of Discovery by Mr. Wetzel 1 Geocentric Theroy 2 Gravity 3 Columbian Exchange 4 Prime Meridian 5 Heliocentric Theory 6 Diffusion 7 Middle Passage 8 Eastern Hemisphere Journey from North Africa to the Americas. Slaves were taken along this route. Belief that the Earth is the center of the solar system Imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude. Runs through Greenwich, England Part of the Earth lying East of the Prime Meridian The exchange of products between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere The spread of cultural elements from one group to another through contact The force that causes objects with mass to be pulled towards each other Belief that the Sun is the center of the solar system 1 Reasoned observation 2 Scientific measurement 3 Scientific Method 4 Smallpox 5 Scientific Revolution 6 Triangular trade Infectious disease spread to America by contact with Europeans. One of the deadliest diseases of all time The use of numbers and formulas to prove the validity of a claim Series of rapid advancements in science, mathematics, and politics in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries Method of finding truth through experimentation and recording the results System of commerce where ships traveled from Europe, to Africa, and to the Americas in that order Process of finding new info. Involves creating a hypothesis, running an experiment, and recording results

Matching Pairs

WHII.4 Age of DiscoveryOnline version

Terms and defs. related to ideas of the Age of Discovery

Journey from North Africa to the Americas. Slaves were taken along this route.

Belief that the Earth is the center of the solar system

Imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude. Runs through Greenwich, England

Part of the Earth lying East of the Prime Meridian

The exchange of products between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere

The spread of cultural elements from one group to another through contact

The force that causes objects with mass to be pulled towards each other

Belief that the Sun is the center of the solar system

Infectious disease spread to America by contact with Europeans. One of the deadliest diseases of all time

The use of numbers and formulas to prove the validity of a claim

Series of rapid advancements in science, mathematics, and politics in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries

Method of finding truth through experimentation and recording the results

System of commerce where ships traveled from Europe, to Africa, and to the Americas in that order

Process of finding new info. Involves creating a hypothesis, running an experiment, and recording results