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32 Cards in this Set
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Scientific Revolution |
New way of thinking about the natural world based on careful observation and a willingness question |
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Heliocentric |
Theory that the sun is at the center of the universe |
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Geocentric Theory |
View which held that the earth was the center of the universe |
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Galileo Galilei |
Scientist who was forced by the Catholic Church to take back scientific ideas that disagreed with the church's view |
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Scientific Method |
Logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas |
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Issac Newton |
Scientist who discovers laws of motion and gravity
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Enlightenment |
Age of Reason |
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Social Contract |
According to Thomas Hobbes,an agreement people make with goverment |
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John Locket |
Philosopher who wrote about government
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Philosophes |
Social critics in France |
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Voltair |
Writer who fought for tolerance,reason,freedom of religious beliefs,and freedom of speech |
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Montesquieu |
French writer concerned with government and political liberty |
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Rousseau |
Enlightenment thinker who championed freedom |
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Mary Wollstonecraft |
Author who wrote about women's rights |
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Salon |
Social gatherings for discussing ideas or enjoying art |
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Baroque |
Grand,ornate style |
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Neoclassical |
Simple style that borrowed ideas from classical Greece and Rome |
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Enlightened Despot |
Ruler who supported Enlightenment ideas but did not give up power |
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Catherine the Great |
Russian ruler who took steps to reform and modernize Russia |
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Declaration of Independence |
Document declaring American independence from Britain |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Author of the Declaration of Independence |
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Checks and Balances |
Systems in which each branch of government checks,or limits,the power of the other two branches |
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Federal System |
System of government in which power is divided between the national and state goverments |
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Bill of Rights |
First ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution; protection of basic rights for individuals |
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The heliocentric,or sun-centered,theory was proposed By? |
Nicolaus Copernics |
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Francis Bacon helped to developed the? |
scientific method |
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Issac Newton explained the ? |
Law of universal gravitation |
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In general,philosophers influenced Catherine the Great's? |
Proposal on reforms to Russia's laws |
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Europeans art of the 1600s and early 1700's was dominated by grand, ornate style called? |
Baroque |
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The idea of a direct democracy is explained in? |
Social Contract |
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The Declaration of Independence was written by? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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The willingness of people to hand over their rights to a ruler in exchange for law and order in a society was called |
Social Contract |
