Section 9.1
The Rising Power of European States
The Rising Power of European States
This scientific law states that all other things being constant, the pressure of a gas within a container is inversely proportional to its volume. As the volume decreases, the pressure of the gas increases.
What is Boyle's Law?
The 1600s and 1700s in Europe are often called the Age of what?
What is Reason?
Deism is the belief that God created the world but left it to run by natural laws. Who was a famous deist?
Voltaire
This major conflict was divided into four stages and was the last major war that was fought over religion.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
The work of men like Albert the Great and Roger Bacon made significant advances in physics, geography, and optics. They prepared the way for what revolution?
What is the Scientific Revolution?
Rene Descartes believed that human reasoning could lead a person to truth. This belief is called what?
Rationalism
During the 1600s, some rulers began to claim absolute power. They said that their authority came from God and that they answered only to God. This idea was sometimes known as the divine right of kings. What is another name for this idea?
What is absolutism?
This astronomer built a forty-foot-long telescope.
Who is Sir William Herschel?
John Locke argued that the way to truth is through human experience. What is this belief called?
Empiricism
Brandenburg-Prussia was a combination of three German territories, were all ruled by what family?
Hohenzollern
This scientist stated that the body is mostly made up of chemicals and should be treated with chemicals.
Who is Paracelsus?
Who used the English government as an example of how governmental power should be restrained?
Baron de Montesquieu
In June 1688, England experienced a change of power without going to war. This change of power was called the Glorious Revolution. What husband and wife took the throne?
Who is William and Mary?
The five steps of the scientific method are:
1. Formulate a theory
2. Experiment to test the theory
3. Collect information
4. Revise the theory
5. Experiment to test the revised theory
What Scotsman challenged the ideas of mercantilism?
Adam Smith