World History Snapshot Review

1) What was the Columbian Exchange?

The Columbian Exchange refers to a period of cultural and biological exchanges between
the New and Old Worlds. Exchanges of plants, animals, diseases and technology
transformed European and Native American ways of life.

2) What was the result of th The Columbian Exchange had both negative and
positive effects. Some of the positive effects include the exchange of technology. The
introduction of the plow transformed farming because it increased cultivation and food
production to the benefit of both Native Americans and the Europeans.e Columbian
Exchange and what is the result of globalization?

3) When did Christopher Columbus “discover” America?

Christopher Columbus Discovers America, 1492. Columbus led his three ships - the
Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3,
1492. His objective was to sail west until he reached Asia (the Indies) where the
riches of gold, pearls and spice awaited.
4) When did the Age of Exploration begin?
5) The so-called Age of Exploration was a period from the early 15th century and
continuing into the early 17th century, during which European ships were
traveled around the world to search for new trading routes and partners to feed
burgeoning capitalism in Europe.

6) Why did medieval Europeans try to travel past the Mediterranean and into Asia and Americas?

The Age of Exploration brought together Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
There were to main types of exchange; Biological and Cultural. In the Biological
exchange they traded plants, animals, and diseases. ... Begining in the 1500s European
countries began to expand into the rest of the world.
7) What did the Church do to Galileo when he said the Earth moved around the sun?
Galileo was ordered to turn himself in to the Holy Office to begin trial for holding the
belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun, which was deemed heretical by the
Catholic Church. ... Galileo agreed not to teach the heresy anymore and spent the rest
of his life under house arrest.
8) Was the Church accepti In 1633, the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church forced Galileo
Galilei, one of the founders of modern science, to recant his theory that the Earth moves
around the Sun. Under threat of torture, Galileo – seen facing his inquisitors – recanted. But
as he left the courtroom, he is said to have muttered, ‘all the same, it moves’.
9) What was the major belief of the Scientific Revolution? Instead of believing in what the Church
said, you had to do what? Using the telescope, Galileo discovered the mountains on the
moon, the spots on the sun, and four moons of Jupiter. His discoveries provided the
evidence to support the theory that the earth and other planets revolved around the sun.

10) What was John Locke’s top belief?

Locke's Political Philosophy. John Locke (1632–1704) is among the

most influentialpolitical philosophers of the modern period. In the Two Treatises of
Government, he defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against
claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch.