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32 Cards in this Set
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The helocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by?
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Francis Bacon helped to 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...
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progress for society
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The idea of direct democracy is explained in what text?
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The Social Contract
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A grand and ornate style of art?
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Baroque
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Philosophes used reason to address...
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Social Issues
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The Bill of Rights was influenced by...
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Voltair, John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau
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The sequence of events for the scientific process?
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Observation, questions, hypothesis, experimentation and conclusion
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What was Montesquieu's influence on the U.S. Constitution.
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Branches of government
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What are the differences between neoclassical style and baroque styles?
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Neoclassical = simple and elegant
Baroque = grand and ornate |
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How were Thomas Hobbes and Catherine the Great similar?
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Believed the monarch should have absolute power.
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What did the Enlightenment promote?
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Progress, Secular outlook, and Faith in Science
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Who abolished serfdom?
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Joseph II
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Who composed classical music?
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Mozart, Beethoven, Hayden
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Who ruled Russia as an enlightened despot?
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Catherine the Great
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Who ruled Prussia as an enlightened despot?
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Prussia
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Who ruled Austria as an enlightened despot?
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Joseph II
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Who edited and published the Encyclopedia?
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Denis Diderot
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What was the law of universal gravitation?
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All objects are affected equally by the same forces.
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What did the Catholic Church ban?
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The Encyclopedia
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What is an example of the neoclassical style?
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A church built in a simple and elegant style.
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What was caused by the scientific revolution?
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Improvements in medicine and scientific instruments.
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Who was Henry Felding?
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Developed the features of the modern novel.
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Who was the mathematician that used the data of Tyco Brahe to process the accuracy of Copernicus's basic ideas about the motion of the planets?
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Kepler
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Who brought together the discoveries of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo under a single theory of motion known as the law of universal gravitation?
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Isaac Newton
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Considered the founder of modern chemistry.
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Robert Boyle
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Who argued for the adoption of the experimental method?
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Francis Bacon
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Astronomer who said that the stars and planets revolved around the sun. This theory was known as the heliocentric theory.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Developed analytical geometry.
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René Descartes
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Came up with the fact that falling objects accelerate at a fixed and predictable rate.
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Galileo Galilei
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Essay Question: How did the ideas of Locke, Montesquieu Rousseau, Voltaire, and Beccaria influence the U.S Constitution?
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Research this on your own!!!!
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