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Non-Astronomy Scientific Revolution
Astronomy
British Philosophy
French(ish) Philosophy
100
Amazon
100
This scientist suggested that we should rely on empiricism to track evidence
Francis Bacon
100
This term means that the sun, and not Earth, is the center of the solar system
Heliocentric
100
We looked at four British philosophers. Two were English. Where did the other two come from?
Scotland
100
Montesquieu argues that government administration should be split into branches. The three most common splits today are legislative, executive and this ????
judicial
200
This river flows into the Atlantic from West Central Africa
Congo.
200
In medieval times inductive reasoning was the primary form of logic. It was surpassed by this new trendy way of thinking, one that involved starting with a hypothesis and testing away the wrong answers
Deductive Reasoning
200
This astronomer reasoned that the Earth was the center of the solar system but did not have the empirical evidence to prove it.
Copernicus
200
He is the only monarchist in the bunch
Thomas Hobbes
200
This French playwright used satire to prove the need to protect freedom of
thought / speech
300
This river looks like it is pouncing onto the Euphrates
The Tigris
300
He is the father of modern physics, with his 3 laws of motion still standing strong today
Sir Isaac Newton
300
This astronomer used a telescope with 20x magnification to prove that the Earth was the center of the solar system while showing that the moon had craters and imperfections.
Galileo
300
This English philosopher taught us to pursue life, liberty, and property rights.
John Locke
300
Jean Jacques Rousseau argued that man had an obligation to protect the marginal from losing their rights, claiming this was a ______________ contract between all participants within a society.
social
400
This long river navigates through a good portion of Eastern and Central Europe?
Danube
400
This new form of math was invented during a plague outbreak
Calculus
400
Thanks to the scientific revolution, we know that uniform circular motion is not correct to explain planetary orbits. Instead, we believe in this now accepted theory.
Elliptical Orbit
400
This philosopher argued that man is driven by passion but uses reason to keep passion in check
David Hume
400
Montesquieu argues that "they should be relative to the climate of each country, to the quality of its soil, to its situation and extent, to the principal occupation of the natives. . .to have relations to each other, as also to their origin." Who is "they" in this paragraph?
Government administration / leaders/ representatives
500
This river flows through S.E. Asia, particularly Laos and Cambodia
Mekong River
500
During this period, Europeans learned to mark points along an X/Y Axis to make maps of land and the stars. What do we call this?
Coordinate Geometry
500
This scientist was able to track the non-uniform orbits of planets around the sun.
Kepler
500
Because monopolies were protected by the king to keep his greedy friends wealthy, Adam Smtih argued that we should have this type of government, based off of a French phrase.
Laissez-Faire
500
Though an Italian, his influence on Napoleon puts him into this category. This philosopher argued that society must have law to be a society. Without it, there is no society.
Francesco Mario Pagano.