Scientific Revolution
What is the definition of heliocentric?
Sun-centered.
What is the term that means to let people do what they want?
Lassiez-faire.
What style of art emphasized grace, charm and gentle action?
Rococo.
What monarchy emerged in the late 18th century?
Enlightened absolutism.
What term means the offspring of Africans and Europeans?
Mulattoes.
Who was the scientist who used detailed astronomical data to come up with the laws of planetary motion?
Johannes Kepler.
Who is considered to be the founder of American and European womens' rights.?
Mary Wollstonecraft.
What renowned organist and composer spent his entire life in Germany while he was a music director at the church of St. Thomas?
Bach.
Who was credited with making Prussia a great European power?
Frederick the Great.
Who served as a head of cabinet from 1721-1742 in Britain?
Robert Walpole.
Who was the most prominent female scientist of the 17th century?
Margaret Cavendish.
What became a major weapon in the philosophes' crusade against the old French society?
Encyclopedia.
What century was the greatest period in the history of European music?
18th century.
How many colonies did the British North America consist of on the Eastern coast of the present U.S.?
13
When was the Articles of Confederation approved?
1781.
What organ William Harvey showed that could circulate blood in the body?
Heart.
What was the most famous new religious movement in England of the time?
Methodism.
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling was who's best known work?
Henry Fielding.
Who ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796?
Catherine the Great.
What century did Portugal dominate Brazil?
16th century.
What was Isaac Newton's popular mathematical work called?
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.
In 1780 in London, what social class were the books directed to?
The middle class including women and artisans.
What are the three popular operas that Mozart wrote?
The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni.
When was the war of the Austrian succession (beginning to end)?
1740-1748
Catholic missionaries brought who together into villages/missions where their people can be converted?
Native Americans.