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Method of inquirg that includes carefully conducted experiments and mathematical calculations to verify.
Theory according to hellenistic thinker ptotemy that earth is the center of the universe.
Theory developed by copernicus that the sun is the center of the universe
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Naviagational instrument created in the 1300's that uses a magnetized piece of metal.
Business organization developed during the commercical revolution in which owner raised money by selling stock.
Economic theory stating that there is a fixed amout of wealth in the world that in order to receive a large share.
Situation that exists when a country sells more goods than it buys.
Situation that exists when a country sells more goods than it buys.
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Import taxes on foreign.
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Government grants of money
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Trade system of trade involving three stages,one of which was the transattlantic slave trade.
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Spanish of officials who represeplted the monarychy in spains' colonial empire.
Military technique relying on swiift raid by small bads of soldiers.
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An english philosopher and scientist of the 1200's
People began using experiment and mathematics to understand these mysteries
Began to abandon ptolemy's geocentric theory
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A german astronomer
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An italian scientist, each helped to confirm copernicus's new understanding of the universe
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In 1687 english scientist published a book building on the work of copernicus, kepler,and galileo
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A flemish, scientist, heeded da vinci's words and pioneerd the study of anatomy
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Was a leader of the scientific revolution.
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Lived around the same time as descartes.
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Helped to pioneer the modern science of chemistry
He changes were so great that many historians refer to the period between the late 1400's and the 1700's as the commercial revolution
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His first goal was to find gold for portugal
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Sailed around the cape of good hope at the southern tip of africa
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Sailed eastward across the indian ocean
Had studied the writing of marco polo and ptolemy's description of a round earth