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15 Cards in this Set
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The heliocentric theory challenged the
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geocentric theory.
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Between 1550 and 1789, Enlightenment ideas swept through European society and colonial America.
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Salons helped spread
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Enlightenment thinking.
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The philisophes used reason to address abusive rulers.
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The American Revelution was influenced by British policies, political scientists, and the philisophes.
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How did Zacharias Janssen make Anton Von Loewenhoek's discoveries possible?
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He invented the microscope.
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Which of the following men contradicted the ideas of U.S. constitution?
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Thomas Hobbes.
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How were Thomas Hobbes and Catherine the Great similar?
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Both believed that a monarch should have absolute authority.
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What was the law of universal gravitation?
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all physical objects are effected equally by the same forces.
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Which of the following did the Enlightenment promote?
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All of the above; a belief in progress, a more secular outlook, and a faith in science.
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The heliocentric, or sun centered theory was proposed by
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Nicolaus Copernicas
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Francis Bacon helped develop
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the Scientific method.
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Isaac Newton explained the
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Law of Universal Gravitation.
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In general, the philosophes believed in which of the following?
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Progress for society.
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The philosophes influenced Catherine the Great's proposal on
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reforms to Russia's laws.
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