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This is a logical procedure for gathering info about the world and includes doing experiment and observations to test hypotheses.
Scientific Method
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This man used a telescope to study space and angered the Catholic Church because his discoveries went against Church teachings.
Galileo
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The Enlightenment was a time period during which people questioned ______________.
Authority or THE MAN
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This man stated that the purpose of government was to protect your natural rights.
John Locke
100
What is an enlightened despot?
18th century European monarchs who were inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects
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This theory, proven incorrect during the Scientific Revolution, stated that everything revolved around the Earth.
Geocentric Theory
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This man was a mathematician who discovered gravity and came up with the laws of motion.
Isaac Newton
200

Name one cause of the Enlightenment.

Age of Absolutism, Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution

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This woman fought for women's rights.
Mary Wollstonecraft
200
These three things are your natural rights.
Life, liberty, property
300
Where did people get their ideas about nature and the world BEFORE the Scientific Revolution?
The Bible or ancient Greek or Roman texts
300
This man believed that the use of the experimental method was necessary in order to get reliable or 'meaty' information.
Francis Bacon
300
The goal of the Enlightenment was to change the relationship between the _____________ and the __________.
Government and people
300

This man supported the separation of powers into three branches of government.

Montesquieu

300
Name one enlightened despot.
Frederick the Great of Prussia Joseph II of Austria Catherine the Great of Russia
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What book describes the universe as a giant clock and God is the Clock master

Isaac Newtons, Principia

400
This man came up with the heliocentric theory.
Nicholas Copernicus
400
This government style was supported by many philosophes during the Enlightenment.
Democracy
400
This man believed all people were evil and an absolute monarch was needed to control this evilness.
Thomas Hobbes
400
Name one thing that happened during the reign of Catherine the Great.
Enlightened despot Pen pal with Voltaire Began to give serfs rights Gained a warm water port Expands the empire Serfs revolt Gave nobles absolute power over serfs Serfs lose all rights
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Name two causes of the Scientific Revolution.

Printing press spreads new ideas, Age of Exploration spurred new inventions, expansion and trade, classical learning.

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This man was Tycho Brahe's assistant and used his data to prove the heliocentric theory.
Johannes Kepler
500
Name one idea that was challenged during the Enlightenment.
Divine right theory, hereditary privileges of nobles, power of the Catholic Church
500
This man fought for religious tolerance, freedom of thought, and freedom of speech.
Voltaire
500
Name one impact of the Enlightenment.
Encouraged the American Revolution, French Revolution, and Latin American revolutions, Enlightened despots