I began the theory that the sun was the center of the universe
Nicolaus Copernicus
I am an area that shares common features
Monarchy
Education was mostly accessible to what kind of people?
Wealthy/Rich
What is the policy of occupying and exploiting another country for economic gain
Colonialism
Inductive reasoning is the best way for people to learn
Francis Bacon
is centered around a specific activity, service, or function and is connected by a central hub or focal point.
Functional Region
Government owns all businesses, land, and resources
Communism
the belief that God planned someone to be king
Divine Rights
What war created the need to tax the colonists at a high rate?
French-Indian War
Conducted experiments like dissection and became the father of modern human anatomy
Andreas Vesalius
Based on people’s opinions, ideas, or cultural identity rather than objective data.
Perceptual Region
Using military power to gain control
Dictatorship
With survival no longer being a problem, what did people during this era focus on?
Education
Which act prohibited the colonies trading their goods with anyone but England?
Navigation Act
Described the circulation of blood
William Harvey
Areas with official boundaries or shared characteristics.
Formal Region
What government system allows you to vote for a leader to vote for you
Representative Democracy
Voltaire and Rousseau
What event led to British soldiers killing five unarmed colonists?
Boston Massacre
Discovered that planets orbit in an ellipses around the Sun
Johannes Kepler
This kind of region can be natural (e.g., climate zones) or man-made (e.g., countries)
Formal region
A group of wealthy elites run the government
Oligarchy
The enlightenment encouraged people to use what instead of blind faith?
reason, logic, and experiments
What two Enlightened thinkers believed that the colonists were in their rights to rebel against King George III?
Locke and Hobbes