Scientific Stuff
Inventor of the Telescope
Who is Galilieo Galilei?
I painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. I'm a true Renaissance man.
Who was Leonardo DaVinci?
"I think, therefore I am"
Who was Rene Descartes?
"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains"
I created the idea of the social contract - An unspoken agreement between the governed and the government
Who is Jean-Jacque Rousseau?
Means Sun Centered
What is Heliocentric?
I invented calculus and then had an apple fall on my head and say, ah-ha, there should be a law of gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
Wrote the Prince: It's better for a ruler to be feared than loved.
Who is Machiavelli?
I famously quoted "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it". Yeah, free speech is kind of a big deal.
Who was Voltaire?
Somethings can not be explained by the church. They are worldly and human matters. This idea is known as.
What is secularism?
The argument of Enlightenment thinkers against the idea of Divine Right of Kings
What is the power of the government is derived from the governed.
This is the process of stating a hypothesis, research, and conclusion to find empirical evidence of why something in the natural world occurs.
What is the Scientific Method?
I'm rich and fancy, I often give money to artists to create art for me.
What is a Patron?
He believed people are rational and capable of governing themselves. Wrote the "Two Treatises on Government".
Who was John Locke?
This country was a great experiment born from the ideas of the Enlightenment.
What is the U.S.?
Enlightenment ideas helped cause this revolution.
What is the American revolution?
After years of studying astronomy, I created the three laws of planetary motion. This was a major breakthrough in understanding our universe.
Who is Johann Kepler
Renaissance literally means.
What is rebirth?
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are examples of this.
Hint: John Locke and Thomas Jefferson thought they were super important.
What are natural rights?
Was the biggest opposition against the Scientific Revolution. Often burned books and threaten people.
Who was the Catholic Church?
I studied extensively on how blood circulated in the body and the anatomy of human beings. Modern medicine should thank me
Who is William Harvey?
I painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which took a really long time, and also sculpted this famous naked guy I call David.
Who is Michealangelo?
I created the idea of Separation of Powers within the government so that no one person would be too powerful.
Who is Montesquieu?
The idea that primary importance should be given to the individual rather than the divine is known as.
What is Humanism?
"She" spoke out for womans rights way back in the 17th century.
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?