Chapter 8
The Earth-centered system of planetary motion.
What is geocentric?
French term applied to all intellectuals during the Enlightenment.
What is philosophe?
A sun-centered planetary motion system.
What is heliocentric?
To assure fulfillment of a condition.
What is guarantee?
What is absolutism?
A person who looks for wisdom; sometimes referred to as a scholar or thinker.
What is philosopher?
Form of government where 3 branches limit and control each other through checks and balances.
What is separation of powers?
A set of procedures put in place for collecting and analyzing evidence.
What is the scientific method?
An addition or change by parliamentary or constitutional procedure.
What is amendment?
The belief that a king gets his power from God, not his subjects.
What is divine right of kings?
1700's religious philosophy where reason and natural law were prevalent.
What is deism?
System of thought where reason is the main source of knowledge.
What is rationalism?
Concept that the government should be more hands off in economic affairs.
What is laissez-faire?
This art style was replaced in the 1730s by something more graceful, charming, and gentle.
Supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War.
What are Cavaliers?
Acting without thought of what is fair or right
What is arbitrary?
Form of government where powers are shared between that national and state levels.
What is federal system?
Artistic style of art that was highly secular, graceful, charming, and gentle.
What is Rococo?
The 3 branches of government.
What is legislative, executive, and judicial?
What is a heretic?
Concept where an entire society agrees to be governed by the general will and all individuals are forced to abide.
What is social contract?
The thought process where generalizations are made based off of particular observations or pieces of data.
What is inductive reasoning?
Newton's rules of motion that explained why planetary bodies continued on their elliptical paths around the sun.
What is universal law of gravitation?
The intellectual behind the reasoning that the chief source of knowledge is reason.
Who is Descartes?
The main religion that Catholicism battled during the 16th century.
What is Protestantism?