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He came up with the idea that the sun is in the middle of the universe
What is Nicolaus Copernicus
100
An instrument designed to make distant objects appear closer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors it does just that. Generally used to look out into space.
What is Telescope
100
VOCABULARY WORD: Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
What is Data
100
In the history of science, there was a period when new ideas in physics, astronomy, biology, human anatomy, chemistry... really came along.
What is The Scientific Revolution
100
The action or process of being found.
What is Discovery
200
He improved the telescope, described the path of projectiles, an object that is fired or launched, found out that the moon’s surface is rough and uneven, he discovered 4 moons around Jupiter, and he also studied Venus and found out that like the moon Venus also had different phases which made him realized that since Venus had phases like the moon then it must be traveling around the sun.
What is Galileo Galilei
200
An instrument used for looking at very small objects, typically magnified several hundred times.
What is Microscope
200

Art, architecture, and sculptures were commissioned by these people. 

Who is a patron?

200
A method of procedure that has described natural science since the 17th century. The steps for this method are, ask a Question, research, make a hypothesis, experiment, and make a conclusion.
What is The Scientific Method
200
A person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.
What is Scientist
300
He discovered the laws of gravitation. His law of universal gravitation states that every particle of matter attracts every other particle with a force proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. He is also the person that figured all of that out after an apple fell on his head.
What is Isaac Newton
300

Invented by Rene Descartes. He was the one to use this to first plot a line on a graph.

What is analytical geometry

300
Invention: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz invented a machine for calculating which was a major advance in mechanical calculating.
What is Calculating machine (calculator)
300
The word for the idea that the earth is in the center of the universe.
What is Geocentric
300
The idea that the sun is in the center of the universe.
What is Heliocentric
400

He created a method that all scientists today use to experiment. It created a standard for all kinds of experiments.

Who is Francis Bacon

400

Created by Johannes Guttenberg, this allowed more books to be published. Leading to an increase of reading and learning.

What is the printing press.

400

Known now as the Ninja Turtles. These artists created the greatest works of art during the Renaissance like the Sistine Chapel 

Who are Dante, Donatello, Rafael, and Michelangelo

400

This was a new philosophy or value that looked at the individual and what they could acheive

What is Humanism

400

This includes an interest in non-religious ideas and became very popular during the Renaissance

What are secular ideas

500
He improved Copernicus's theory, that the sun is in the center of the universe, and figured out that the orbits of the planets aren't actually circular but ellipse.
What is Johannes Kepler
500

A rule created by Sir Issac Newton to describe how the Earth rotates, and why things weigh 

What is the law of gravity and motion

500

Key Figure: This guy is one of the most powerful figures in Europe during the Middle Ages, but during the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution he starts to lose power

Who is the Pope.

500
A proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth. Guessing.
What is Hypothesis
500
Trusting reason rather than feelings to decide one's beliefs or actions.
What is Rationalism