European Monarchs
Who built the Palace of Versailles and believed in the divine right of kings?
Louis XIV
Who led the Parliament’s forces during the English Civil War?
Oliver Cromwell
Galileo used what tool to support the idea that the earth orbits the sun?
Telescope
Who rejected the idea that disease was punishment from the "gods"?
Hippocrates
Which thinker promoted rationalism and trusted only human reason?
René Descartes
Which ruler turned Vienna into a center for the arts?
Maria Theresa
What document limited royal power and gave people civil liberties in England?
English Bill of Rights
Who said the earth revolves around the sun?
Copernicus
Paracelsus believed the body should be treated with what?
Chemicals
Who believed knowledge comes from experience (empiricism)?
John Locke
What made the Dutch Republic different from other European powers?
It had no central monarchy.
What was the new system where leaders answered more to Parliament than to the king?
Cabinet
Who discovered gravity and also developed calculus?
Isaac Newton
Who introduced the idea of latitude and longitude?
Eratosthenes
What is secularism?
A society without religion
Who ruled after the Glorious Revolution?
William and Mary
How were American colonists influenced by the Glorious Revolution?
They believed in civil liberties.
Who discovered that blood is pumped by the heart?
William Harvey
What writings helped spark the Scientific Revolution?
Muslim writings
Which Enlightenment thinker used rationalism to question the Bible’s relevance?
Spinoza
What important event happened in England in 1688?
The Glorious Revolution
Oliver Cromwell led Parliament’s forces and established what system after victory?
Protectorate
Who created the first vaccine for smallpox?
Edward Jenner
Who brought Muslim documents into medieval universities?
Albert the Great
What were Christians afraid of during the Enlightenment?
That secular government would lead to injustice