The Scientific Revolution
Name one scientist of the Scientific Revolution.
Who is - Nicolaus Copernicus - Johannes Kepler - Galileo Galilei - Isaac Newton - Rene Descartes - Francis Bacon-?
Name one philosopher of the Enlightenment.
Who is - John Locke - Baron de Montesquieu - Voltaire - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Adam Smith - Baron d'Holbach-?
The thirteen colonies tried to declare independence from what?
What is the British Empire?
This man became the emperor of France in 1804 and lead them in many wars. He was also mocked for his height of 5'7.
Who is Napolean Bonaparte?
Define heresy.
What is a belief that goes against the Church?
In legend, this coincidence was thought to lead Sir Isaac Newton to discover gravity.
What is an apple falling from a tree?
What is the idea of separation of powers?
What is dividing power among three branches of government?
This group was formed in the thirteen colonies to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight the British.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
A person who has extreme ideas is also known as a?
What is a radical?
Define tolerance/
What is allowing others to hold their own beliefs that is different from one's own?
What was the heliocentric theory?
What is the theory that the sun is the center of the solar system?
Rights that belong to all people from birth.
What are natural rights?
In the year 1776, the thirteen colonies did this.
What is declared independence?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man did this.
What is guaranteeing basic rights for all French citizens?
Define militia.
What is an army of citizen volunteers?
The Church's reaction to Galileo's heliocentric theory when he proposed it.
What is putting him under house arrest?
Name the period of great learning that the Enlightenment had roots in.
What is the Renaissance?
In 1787, delegates from each state met to write this.
What is a constitution?
The Napoleonic Code was a set of laws that did what?
What is protecting the basic freedoms and guaranteed equality before the law?
Define abdicate.
What is to step down from power?
State the six steps of the Scientific Method.
What is Identifying the problem, gathering information, forming a hypothesis, experimenting, analyzing the results, and sharing the results?
This branch of the government interprets laws.
What is the Judicial branch?
The legislature is made up of these two groups.
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
Name the three different estates that French society was split into.
What are clergy, nobles, and common people?
Define rationalism.
What is the belief that knowledge is gained by thinking things through and using reason?