Scientists
A scientist who discovered concepts have become known as the laws of gravity and motion.
Who is Isaac Newton?
A philosopher who decided that philosophy settles nothing, you can't trust your senses, and the only way to know the truth is through reason.
Who is Rene Descartes?
One of the most powerful families in Europe, known for its strong support of the Catholic Church.
Who are the Habsburgs?
A war between Catholics and Protestants involving many European nations; the last major religious war in Europe.
What is the Thirty Years War?
Montesquieu's belief that a government's power should be divided into legislative, executive and judicial branches.
What is Separation of Powers?
A scientist who first presented the view that Earth revolves around the sun.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
A philosopher who argued for trusting your experiences to find truth, and believed if a government failed to protect its citizens' natural rights, it should be replaced.
Who is John Locke?
The palace where Louis XIV entertained his nobles 24/7 to distract them so he could rule absolutely over France.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
A document written in England which limited royal power, and guaranteed certain rights to citizens.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
A body of officials who give advice to a government leader; the king or president's most trusted group of advisors.
What is a cabinet?
The Father of Modern Chemistry, who developed the first known list of elements and the Law of Conservation of Matter.
Who is Antoine Lavoisier?
A Scotsman who believed the government should stay out of the economy.
Who was Adam Smith?
The European Country that developed its own Bill of Rights under co-rulers William and Mary.
What is England?
Describe the steps of the Scientific Method.
1. Formulate a theory
2. Experiment to test the theory
3. Collect information.
(4. Revise the theory if inaccurate.)
(5. Experiment to test the revised theory.)
The belief that God is like a clock-winder who made the world but left it to run according its natural laws, and is not active in the world.
What is Deism?
Sir William Herschel used his 40-foot telescope to observe some of the moons around this planet.
What is Saturn?
A philosopher who believed the powers of the government should be separated into 3 parts.
Who is the Baron de Montesquieu?
A country that developed around the region of Moscow, and was ruled over by monarchs called Czars.
What is Russia?
The name for when an absolute ruler claims their authority comes from God and they are answerable only to God.
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
The belief that the best way to find truth is through reason.
What is Rationalism?
The solution developed by Edward Jenner to stop the spread of smallpox.
What is a vaccine?
A scientist who studied the orbit of comets and accurately predicted that one would pass Earth every 76 years.
Who is Edmund Halley?
A combination of 3 German territories, all ruled by the Hohenzollern family.
What is Brandenburg-Prussia?
The treaty that ended the Thirty Years War and gave German Princes the right to choose their own religion for their states.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
The belief that the bets way to find true knowledge is through experiencing the world with your senses.
What is Empiricism?