Enlightenment Thinkers
This English philosopher believed humans are naturally selfish and need a strong government.
Thomas Hobbes
The Spinning Jenny.
Who is James Hargreaves?
This economic system is based on private ownership and competition for profit.
capitalism
This ancient Greek astronomer proposed the geocentric model of the universe.
Who is Ptolemy?
The belief that knowledge comes from experience and the senses.
What is empiricism?
Who thought that humans can cooperate and do more good than bad?
John Locke
The Cotton Gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
This practice of fencing off common land forced small farmers to move to cities.
What is the Enclosure Movement?
This Polish astronomer proposed the heliocentric model
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
The belief that reason is the primary source of knowledge.
What is rationalism?
Who was an important female thinker of the Enlightenment Period?
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Water Frame.
Who is Richard Arkwright?
This concept refers to breaking work into specialized tasks to increase efficiency.
What is division of labor?
His laws of planetary motion showed that planets move in ellipses, not perfect circles.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
The systematic process of observation, hypothesis, and experimentation.
What is the scientific method?
Who believed that women should have different education then men?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Steam Engine
Who is James Watt
This system placed workers and machines together in one building to mass-produce goods.
What is the factory system?
This scientist used a telescope to observe the moons of Jupiter, supporting heliocentrism.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
Social gatherings where Enlightenment ideas were discussed.
What are Enlightenment salons?
Who believed in a monarch, but divided into different branches of government?
Montesquieu
The Assembly Line
Who is Henry Ford
During the Industrial Revolution, children working long hours in harsh conditions is known as this.
What is child labor?
This doctor from ancient Rome’s ideas on anatomy were accepted for centuries until later scientists challenged them.
Who is Galen?
This religious court put Galileo on trial for challenging Church doctrine.
What is the Inquisition?