Chapter 17: Science and Commerce in Early Modern Europe

Galileo Galilei

________ declared that planets were roughly made out of the same materials as Earth.

Tycho Brahe

________ discovered a nova and a comet which challenged Aristotelian paradigm.

African slaves

________ were originally imported for gold and silver mines.

Aristotelian Philosophy

________ was used as a starting point for science.

Plantation systems

________ set a pattern for development based on trade and not conquest.

Alchemy

________ was an attempt at trying to change base metals into gold.

Hermeticism

________ meant that all objects shared a universal spirit that would eventually be revealed spontaneously.

Tobacco

________ became popular under Dutch marketing and distribution.

Expansion of knowledge

________ allowed for the concept that one can understand themselves by understanding nature and their place in it.

Introduction of opium

________ led to triangular trade as it had started as bilateral trade.

Anatomy

________ was introduced in the 16th century.

Mercantile organization

________ was normally controlled by the King, was easy to tax, and competition was managed by the states.

Academies

________ were considered to be clubs for people who wanted to live in the ancient world.

Colonial wars

________ happened due to the growth of consumer goods from America.

Natural Philosophy

________ was the attempt to explain the natural world.

Scientific Revolution

________ was the beginning of a new era in European history in the 17th century.

Euro Asian trade

________ started as a bilateral trade to deal with European consumer demands.