King of England; separated from Catholic Church; married 6 times.
Who is King Henry VIII?
100
Invented the system of naming the elements; demonstrated the fundamental rules of chemical combination; father of modern chemistry.
Who is Antoine Lavoisier?
100
The immediate experience of oneness with God.
What is Mysticism?
100
An Italian explorer that thought that Asia could be reached by sailing west; Ended up sailing to modern day Bahamas and Cuba.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Descartes's principle of the separation of mind and matter (and mind and body) that enabled scientists to view matter as something separate from themselves that could be investigated by reason.
What is Cartesian dualism?
200
Promoted the evolution of Prussia's highly efficient civil bureaucracy by establishing the General Directory; known as the Great.
What is Frederick of Prussia?
200
Hoped to keep science and Christianity united; invented a calculating machine; devised a theory of chance/probability; did work on conic sections; Pensees.
Who is Blaise Pascal?
200
The process of becoming more concerned with material,worldly, temporal things and less with spiritual and religious things.
What is Secularism?
200
Was head of one of the wealthiest firms of the 16th century. Gave Charles V large loans in exchange of a monopoly over silver, copper, and mercury mines.
Who is Jacob Fugger?
200
The idea that government should not interfere in the workings of the economy.
What is Economic Liberalism?
300
Believed in the need to sweep away anything standing in the path of reason; reform program was far reaching.
Who is Joseph II?
300
Universal Law of Gravitation; "Principia"; Elaborated on 3 laws of motion
Who is Isaac Newton?
300
A doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church that during the Eucharist, the substance of the bread and wine is miraculously transformed into the body and blood of Jesus.
What is Transubstantiation?
300
Famous merchant who undertook the long journey to Asia and wrote a book about it called travels which detailed his experiences while he traveled.
Who is Marco Polo?
300
An inheritance practice in which the eldest son receives all or the largest share of the parents' estate.
What is Primogeniture?
400
German wife of Russian Tsar; after husband was murdered, emerged as autocrat of all Russia.
Who is Catherine the Great?
400
The heart, not the liver is the beginning point of the circulation of blood in the body; same blood flows in veins and arteries; blood makes a complete circuit as it passes through the body.
Who is William Harvey?
400
Charts of landmasses and coastlines made by navigators and mathematicians in the 13th and 14th centuries.
What is Portolani?
400
Lead a peasant revolt which occupied the capitol city of Beijing. Ultimately lead to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
Who is Li Zicheng?
400
The political and social system of France in the 18th century before the Revolution.
What is Old Order?
500
Before being beheaded, was the Queen of France during the French Revolution.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
500
Universe was a series of concentric spheres with a fixed or motionless earth at its center (Geocentric).
Who is Ptolemy?
500
The Russian nobility.
What is Boyars?
500
Discovered the Saint Lawrence River and laid claim to Canada as French controlled.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
500
As serious and often deadly disease commonly spread by contaminated; major problem before sewerage systems were installed.