History Exam review with correct answers
Theories - correct answerThe explanations scientists develop to explain observed facts.
Nicolaus Copernicus - correct answerTheorized the Heliocentric model of universe
Johannes Kepler - correct answerImproved Heliocentric theory by claiming elliptical orbits
Galileo Galilei - correct answerStudied the sky with telescopes. Studied motion and objects.
Tested theories with experiments
Sir Isaac Newton - correct answerMost of his theories became laws. Famous for
identifying/explaining gravity.
Scientific method - correct answerStep-by-step process of performing experiments
Vasco de Gama - correct answerFollowing Diaz, he found a sea route from Europe to Asia,
around Africa
Ferdinand Magellan - correct answerCaptain of first crew to circumnavigate the globe
Cristopher Columbus - correct answerSailed from Spain to the Bahamas and thought it was
India
Circumnavigate - correct answerTo go all the way around the globe
Sir Francis Drake - correct answerEnglish admiral and privateer who stole Spanish gold and
defeated the Spanish Armanda
Theories - correct answerThe explanations scientists develop to explain observed facts.
Nicolaus Copernicus - correct answerTheorized the Heliocentric model of universe
Johannes Kepler - correct answerImproved Heliocentric theory by claiming elliptical orbits
Galileo Galilei - correct answerStudied the sky with telescopes. Studied motion and objects.
Tested theories with experiments
Sir Isaac Newton - correct answerMost of his theories became laws. Famous for
identifying/explaining gravity.
Scientific method - correct answerStep-by-step process of performing experiments
Vasco de Gama - correct answerFollowing Diaz, he found a sea route from Europe to Asia,
around Africa
Ferdinand Magellan - correct answerCaptain of first crew to circumnavigate the globe
Cristopher Columbus - correct answerSailed from Spain to the Bahamas and thought it was
India
Circumnavigate - correct answerTo go all the way around the globe
Sir Francis Drake - correct answerEnglish admiral and privateer who stole Spanish gold and
defeated the Spanish Armanda
