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This invention from the Scientific Revolution has been used to observe other planets, moons, and comets in space
What is the telescope?
Francis Bacon's belief in scientific procedure led to this systematic process commonly used by scientists today
What is the Scientific Method?
Denis Diderot developed several volumes of this text to make knowledge more accessible and combat religious superstition
What is the encyclopedia?
This type of government gives power to the people through elections and votes
What is democracy?
This Enlightenment musician composed thirteen symphonies during his childhood
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
What is the Catholic Church?
Isaac Newton developed this scientific law which proved that all motion in the universe can be explained with scientific laws
What is the Law of Universal Gravitation?
Descartes' "Discourse on Method" presents this ideology which recognizes reason as the chief source of knowledge
What is Rationalism?
Hobbes argued for this system of government in which a single individual holds absolute power
What is a monarchy?
This English philosopher had a dark and selfish view of human nature and argued for a powerful government to prevent chaos and keep social order
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Nicholas Copernicus' model was this, meaning it recognized the sun as the center of the universe
What is heliocentric?
The father of modern rationalism who wrote about the uncertainty principle and connected algebra and geometry to create Analytic Geometry
Who is Descartes?
Andres Vesalius developed an accurate examination of human anatomy by doing this
What is dissecting humans?
This type of government limits political power to a small ruling minority in society
What is a republic?
This economic system was inspired by Adam Smith's view of laissez-faire economics and free market society
What is Capitalism?
This Roman mathematician was responsible for a geocentric model of the universe
Who is Claudius Ptolemy?
William Harvey proved that the heart- rather than this organ- was the source of blood flow throughout the body
What is the liver?
This book by Thomas Hobbes shares its title with the name of a sea monster that Hobbes used as a metaphor for an effective government
What is the Leviathan?
These two natural rights from John Locke's political theory were adopted by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence
What is life and liberty?
Rousseau's social contract theory argued that society should be governed by this
What is the general will?
This astronomer developed the Laws of Planetary Motion which described the planets as moving in elliptical orbits
Who is Johannes Kepler?
This scientist is known for working with the volume of gases and creating a law about the principles of gases
Who is Robert Boyle?
This women's right activist wrote "A Vindication on the Rights of Women" in which she supported equal rights on the premise that women are rational creatures rather than weak, soft, and delicate.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
This political theorist inspired the Constitution's separation of legislative, executive, and judicial powers and its use of checks and balances
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
This French philosopher believed in the basic freedoms of people and attacked intolerance, prejudice and superstition
Who is Voltaire?