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Man who said that humans are born blank slates and are shaped by their experiences
Who is John Locke?
100
The idea that there should be separate branches within the government for it to be effective
What is separation of powers?
100
Law of Motion that denotes that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is the Third Law of Motion?
100
Man who discovered that planets are made of matter and not glowing balls of energy. His first and last name are essentially the same
Who is Galileo Galilei?
100
The Earth's largest country
What is Russia?
200
Man who pushed for free speech by publishing books, plays, pamphlets, etc.
Who is Voltaire?
200
Kind of ruler who rules with absolute power but follows the ideas of the Enlightenment
What is enlightened absolutism?
200
Created as a way to organize and classify the elements
What is the periodic table of elements?
200
Empress of Russia who tried to input enlightened ideas in the country but ended up just going for expansion
Who is Catherine the Great?
200
The only Latin-American country where Portuguese is the primary language
What is Brazil?
300
Man who believed there were only 3 kinds of effective governments in the world and pushed for a separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
300
Art form that came after baroque that emphasized grace, charm, and gentle action
What is Rococo?
300
The idea that the universe is centered around the sun, not the earth
What is heliocentric?
300
Man who created the three laws of motion and defined the force of gravity
Who is Isaac Newton?
300
Measurement of how pure a piece of gold is
What is a carat?
400
Man who believed that the world was like a great machine, that went through processes like clockwork and looked for ways to explain this
Who is Isaac Newton?
400
System of government where one main government controls the entire country while state governments control things at a more local level
What is the Federal System?
400
Belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge in the universe
What is rationalism?
400
Man who pushed for the scientific method to be used when approaching scientific research.
Who is Sir Francis Bacon?
400
Famous writer for books such as The Green Mile and the Shawshank Redemption
Who is Stephen King?
500
Man who wrote the Encyclopedia
Who is Diderot?
500
Belief that God made the world and started it, but then left it to run on its own
What is Deism?
500
Book written by Andreas Vesalius showing his findings of the human body after dissecting corpses at his university
What is "On the Fabric of the Human Body"?
500
Man who said the universe is heliocentric, not geocentric.
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
500
This trio of cartoon heroes was made up of Major Glory, Valhallen, and the Infraggable Krunk
Who are the Justice Friends?