Scientific Theory
This person is credited with creating Heliocentric Theory
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus
This invention allowed humans to observe the state of red blood cells
What is a microscope
This intellectual movement stressed reason and thought as well as the power of individuals to solve problems.
What is the Enlightenment
This term refers to the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s actions and decisions.
What is satire
This person concludes that the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits
Who is Johannes Kepler
Gabriel Fahrenheit’s thermometer measures water freezing at what temperature?
What is 32º
This idea, popularized by Thomas Hobbes, advocated that a strong ruler was necessary to maintain order over people
What is the social contract
Voltaire called these three the "worst enemies to humanity"
What are Intolerance, Prejudice, Superstition
What theory states that the sun is at the center of the solar system, the planets orbit around it
What is Heliocentric Theory
Anders Celsius’s thermometer measures water freezing at what temperature?
What is 0º
John Locke argued people are born with these rights
What are life, liberty, and property
Jean Jacques Rousseau stated that this was the best form of government
What is a direct Democracy
This theory posits that the Earth is at the center of the universe, with all planetary objects orbiting around it.
What is Geocentric Theory
"Inoculation" refers to this process
What is injecting live germs into a body to promote immunity against a disease.
According to John Locke, this is the true purpose of Government
What is to protect the three guaranteed rights
Social gatherings among influential wealthy people in Paris were called this
What are Salons
This term refers to the doctrine that knowledge is derived from experience and observation
What is Empiricism
Edward Jenner used this disease to inoculate humans against smallpox
What is cowpox
This person advocated for the separation of powers in government
Who is Baron de Montesquieu
Cesare Bonesana Beccaria argued that these three abuses of justice needed reform
Torturing witnesses and suspects, Irregular proceedings in trials, Punishments that were arbitrary or cruel