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Scientific Revolution and
the Age of Exploration
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Before You Read: Anticipation Guide
Read the statements below and note if you agree
or disagree with them. After you’ve read the lesson,
see if you’ve changed your opinion.
• European exploration and settlement of the Americas,
Africa, and Asia had little impact on these regions.
• Colonial rivalries helped to shift the balance of power
in Europe.
NORTH
AMERICA
PACIFIC
OCEAN
Big Ideas About the Scientific
Revolution and Exploration
Science and Technology New scientific discoveries
change human understanding of the world.
Great voyages of exploration and discovery gave rise to a
new European worldview. Also, scientific and technological
developments changed the way people looked at religion,
politics, and culture.
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Sunni Ali begins
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Columbus makes his first
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1543
Copernicus publishes
heliocentric theory.
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Portuguese gain
control of trade along
West African coast.
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Suleyman the Magnificent
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Great Voyages of Discovery, A.D. 1492–1610
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OCEAN
Canary Islands
Cuba
Verrazano (1524)
Hispaniola
Tropic of Cancer
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1609
Galileo observes the
heavens through a
telescope.
1572
Túpac Amaru, the last
Incan ruler, is overthrown.
Tropic of Capricorn
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1620
Francis Bacon’s book
Novum Organum encourages
scientific method.
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1644
Manchus establish the
Qing Dynasty in China.
(Qing Dynasty print)
1687
Newton publishes treatise
on law of gravity.
1689
Peter the Great
comes to power
in Russia.
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