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100
A system of organized efforts, always subject to modifications and corrections, that is composed of theory and research; this field of study is limited to observation which leads to testing and knowledge.
What is Science
100
theory that states the earth is the center of the universe and the sun and planets revolve around the earth; developed by Ptolemy
What was the Geocentric Theory ?
100
a system of control or regulations that asserts control/authority over people
What is Government ?
100
Rule’s Law
What is Left ?
200
the “stolen creditor,” published the Starry Messenger and “A Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” which got him in trouble with the Church; was not the first to use the telescope or draw the moon; was not tortured by the Inquisition but died a natural death while under house arrest.
Who was Galileo Galilee?
200
“stolen creditor” of the heliocentric theory who simply advanced the theory established by Oresme using mathematical equations and incorrectly theorized that the earth and planets orbit the sun in a circular motion
Who was Nicholas Copernicus ?
200
a type of government where citizens have no rights and are ruled by a tyrant; may also be referred to as an “absolute” government
What is Despotism ?
200
unlike the complex “political spectrum” (Left: radicals, socialists, progressives, liberals / right: conservatives, fundamentalists) which focuses on parties (Democrats and Republicans), the Founders had a more accurate measure of society; Founders measured government in relation to the “amount of coercive power or systematic control which a particular system of government exercises over its people,” that is, political power
What is The Law Spectrum ?
300
clock metaphor; a belief that God created the universe and left it alone, allowing it to run according to its natural laws; unlike Christianity that believes God is close and reachable through Jesus Christ (personal relationship between Jesus and the believer), deism believes that God is distant and abstract
What is Deism?
300
a monk who lived in the early fourteenth century and theorized that the sun is the center of the universe; developed the theory on deism and motion of the earth using the bow and arrow experiment concluding that the earth rotates on an axis
Who was Nicole d Oresme ?
300
a type of government where citizens elect representatives to address their concerns and views (ancient Rome)
What is Republic
300
People’s Law
What is center?
400
to use logic in order to think, understand, or form judgments
What is Reason ?
400
considered to be the “Father of Modern Philosophy;” wrote Discourse on Method establishing “I think therefore I am”
Who was Renee Descartes ?
400
a government such as France during this period where the monarch has absolute, or total, power/control to make laws and answers to no one
What is Absolute Monarchy?
400
no law
What is right ?
500
German mathematician that agreed with the heliocentric theory, proved that the earth rotates around the sun in elliptical orbits rather than circular, and established the Laws of Planetary Motion
Who was Johannes Kepler ?
500
theorized in the fourteenth century stating that the sun is the center of the universe and planets revolve around it
What was the heliocentric Theory ?
500
a type of government where citizens directly participate in government by voting on major issues; citizen body called the ecclesia in ancient Athens consisted of 30,000 citizens; is the most easily corrupted government of all governments (“mobocracy” results because people vote based on emotion rather than sound judgment)
What is Democracy ?
500
a government such as England during this period where the monarch has limited power because of a constitution (in this case the Magna Carta signed into law in 1215 by King John limited the power of the monarch and gave that power to the English Parliament); Parliament had the power to tax The
what is Constitutional Monarchy