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100
The Greek philosopher who theorized that the earth was the center of the universe.
Who was Ptolemy?
100
The Enlightenment Philosopher who believed that women should be treated equally to men.
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
100
He discovered the law of the pendulum and supported the theories of Copernicus.
Who was Galileo?
100
A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas.
What is the scientific method?
100
The theory that puts the earth in the center of the universe.
What is geocentic?
200
Who was the Polish scientist who discovered the sun was the center of the universe?
Who was Copernicus?
200
The philosopher who believed that rulers should be as powerful as a Leviathon, or sea monster, and people were evil by nature.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
200
the scientific revolution
What is a new way of thinking about the natural world, based on careful observations that occurred during the 1400s - 1700s.
200
They believed that people should apply reason to all aspects of life and discussed politics and ideas together.
Who or what were philosophes?
200
The theory that the sun is the center of the universe.
What is heliocentric?
300
The scientist who discovered the laws of planetary motion.
Who was Kepler?
300
The Enlightenment Philosopher who believed that people were good by nature could rule themselves.
Who was John Locke?
300
Believed that power should not be concentrated in one place, like a King, but should be separated into branches of government.
Who was Montesquieu?
300
Life, liberty and property?
What are natural rights?
300
He invented the mercury thermometer.
Who was Fahrenheit?
400
The scientist/mathematician that discovered the laws of gravity.
Who was Newton?
400
The Enlightenment Philosopher who wrote works of satire mocking the nobility and clergy, and believed in freedom of speech and religious tolerance.
Who was Voltaire?
400
What is The Age of Reason
What is another term for the Enlightenment Era?
400
An agreement between society and government by which people create a government and allow it power over them.
What is the social contract?
400
Enlightened Despots
the absolute monarchs in 18th century Europe who ruled according to the principles of the Enlightenment
500
The English politician and writer who urged scientists to experiment and draw conclusions.
Who was Sir Francis Bacon?
500
Who was Rousseau?
The French philosopher who believed that government should work for the benefit of the common good
500
Who was Leeuwenhoek?
Father of microbiology - the first person to observe and describe single celled organisms.
500
The division of power among different branches of government.
What is separation of powers?
500
Salons
gatherings in which intellectual and political ideas were exchanged during the Enlightenment