Vocabulary
The rebirth or new life in terms of art, philosophy, and religion
What is Renaissance?
The Black Plague is a descriptive name for this disease.
What is the Bubonic Plauge?
This individual is credited with developing the Scientific method, his last name is considered a breakfast food to some.
Who is Francis Bacon?
A theory, based off of communism, that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be decided by the community as a whole
This fraction of Europe died due to the "Black Plague".
What is 1/3 or one-third?
This individual believed in dualism, or the idea that the world was in two parts; a physical world and a metaphysical or spiritual world. The second syllabus of his last name sounds like what you would put a bunch of desserts on.
Who is Rene Descartes?
This French philosopher believed that people were inherently good and that society turns people into terrible people.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
The belief or practice of selfless concern and actions for the welfare of others
What is Altruism?
The "Black Plague" had this impact on the wages of surviving farmers.
What is increased their wages?
This individual was jailed by the Catholic Church for making the statement that the Sun is the center of our universe/solar system. His name is also mentioned in the song, Bohemian Rhapsody.
Who is Galileo?
The theory that all knowledge is gained through sense experience. It is repeatable
What is Empiricism?
This particular group of people were blamed for the occurrence of the "Black Plague".
Who are the Jews?
The Church and its followers had their beliefs challenged on many issues by those looking for another explanation. This particular book of the Bible was used by the Church to support the idea that the Sun revolved around the Earth.
What is the book of Joshua?
This English philosopher believed people were inherently bad and society was the only way to bend people towards being decent individuals.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
A logical process where an answer is reached by assuming a certain number of statements are true.
What is Deductive Reasoning?
These organisms carried the "Black Plague" in them and helped pass it around to humans and other creatures.
What are fleas?
This individual developed calculus and some of the Laws of Gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This individual helped develop the concepts of Communism, making it popular in the world by encouraging the workers to unite against their oppressors.
Who is Karl Marx?