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Who discovered testing theories using the scientific method?
Sir Issac Newton
What caused the French Revolution?
mob stormed Bastille, a Paris prison
In what industry did the Industrial Revolution begin?
textile industry
a period during the 1600s and 1700s when scholars studied culture and society by applying reason and natural laws
enlightenment
Name 3 Renaissance artists. What did they create?
Michealangelo- sisteen chapel
Fillipo Brunelleschi- used linear perspective
Leonardo Da Vinci- Mona Lisa, Last Supper
Who argued against the church that our planet went around the sun?
Galileo Galilei
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
A French dictator
What country did the Industrial Revolution begin in?
Britain
an act passed in 1689 that limited the power of the English monarch and increased parliament's power
English Bill of Rights
How did Humanist scholars change learning?
by focusing on secular subjects that served people of the world
Who made a heliocentric model?
Nicolaus Copernicus
What effect did Napoleon have on Europe?
Napoleon conquered most of Europe
What problems did industrialism cause?
housing shortages, no access to clean water, problems with waste disposal, air pollution, diseases spread
a political movement that removed the French king from power and formed a republic
French Revolution
How did Renaissance ideas spread?
People traded goods and books.
Which Enlightenment thinker taught that life is "brutish" and societies need strong rulers?
Thomas Hobbes
What two nations became unified nations in the 1870s because of nationalism?
Germany and Italy
What improvements were made as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
Doctors made advancements in medicine, found ways to prevent sickness and disease, cities built sewer systems, electricity, jobs increased
a time in which new technologies transformed manufacturing and changed society forever
Industrial Revolution
What did Johannes Gutenberg invent?
the printing press
What belief supported the development of absolutism?
They need a strong ruler to help them.
What is nationalism?
a strong devotion to one's nation
A series of major advances in science during the 1500s and 1600s.
scientific revolution
What 3 ideas did Renaissance thinkers focus on?
logic, reason, and observation
How did the printing press help to spread learning?
It made books cheaper and faster, so more easily accessible