Key Figures
Grab Bag
Causes/Effects
Vocabulary
Vocab 2
100
He came up with the idea that the sun is in the middle of the universe
What is Nicolaus Copernicus
100
The region of the world that the Scientific Revolution started?
What is Europe? Much of this knowledge was known to the Chinese dynasties and Islamic dynasties but this knowledge was lost from Europe.
100
This was a cultural, artistic and social movement that occurred in the 1300s-1700s. It is considered a cultural movement that transitioned Europe from the Middle Ages into the early Modern period of history. Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Rapheal, etc
What is the Renaissance
100
In the history of science, there was a period when new ideas in physics, astronomy, biology, human anatomy, chemistry... really came along. This was when we stopped looking to religion and started to make discoveries and inventions
What is The Scientific Revolution
100
This is the name of the theory that the sun is the center of universe
What is Heliocentric?
200
He improved the telescope, described the path of projectiles, an object that is fired or launched, found out that like the moon Venus also had different phases which made him realized that since Venus had phases like the moon then it must be traveling around the sun. Was put on house arrest by the Catholic Church when we wrote his book about these new scientific discoveries
What is Galileo Galilei
200
This is the first step in the scientific method: A proposed explanation for why something occurred. Guessing basically, but the scientific term for it
What is Hypothesis?
200
This religious movement started when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Thesis on the Church door. These ideas changed Europe by splitting many people away from the Catholic Church into new Christian sects (Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican etc)
What is Reformation?
200
A method of procedure that has described natural science since the 17th century. The steps for this method are, ask a Question, research, make a hypothesis, experiment, and make a conclusion.
What is The Scientific Method
200
Believed that power should not be concentrated in one place, like a King, but should be separated into branches of government
What is Baron de Montesquieu?
300
He discovered the laws of gravitation. His law of universal gravitation states that every particle of matter attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. He is also the person that figured all of that out after an apple fell on his head.
What is Isaac Newton
300
In STEM we use the Scientific Method in most classes, except we call it something a little different.
What is the Design Process?
300
Lost knowledge of the Greeks came to Europe from the Arab world. This started a rise in reading, philosophy and Europeans studying.
What is Scholasticism (Rise of Universities)?
300
The word for the idea that the earth is in the center of the universe.
What is Geocentric
300
An agreement between society and government by which people create a government and allow it power over them
What is Social Contract?
400
He did not invent anything but instead gave us a new way of thinking based on observation and rational thinking. Sometimes this is called human or Deductive reasoning
What is Rene Descartes
400
Once a proposed explanation for why something happens is proposed, a series of tests must be run to see if that explanation is true. These series of tests are called
What is Experiments
400
Sailors and Explorers wanted to go farther from the coast of Europe but did not have the tools needed to sail into the middle of oceans. This Age helped connect Europe to the rest of the world...think Columbus, Vasco de Gama, Magellan etc
What is Age of Exploration
400
The way a King justified ruling over a country was to convince people that he was ruling in God's name
What is Divine Right
400
The division of power among different branches of government
What is Separation of powers?
500
Considered the father of the Scientific Revolution Believed that the best source of knowledge was asking a question, then conducting experiments to prove the answer Became the Scientific Method
Who is Sir Francis Bacon
500
Two HUGE changes in the way people thought involved
What is Observation and Experimentation?
500
The Scientific Revolution change the way people thought about math and science. It discovered the natural laws of the universe. Other people felt that these natural laws could be applied to society as well. This started...
What is the Enlightenment?
500
Any belief that contradicts the traditional or established religious doctrine.
What is heresy
500
They believed that people should apply reason to all aspects of life and discussed politics and ideas together.
Who were the philosophes?
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