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The Enlightenment
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Anything goes
100
He believes in a Geocentric universe
Who is Ptolemy?
100
An explanation on how or why something happens.
What is theory
100
A time which revoulationary discovies were madeins science and astronomy.
What is the Enlightenment
100
This is the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
What is rationalism
100
Judicial, Legistlative, and Executive
What are the three branches of goverment?
200
He is a Polish mathematician who disagreed with Ptolemy
Who is Copernicus?
200
Agreement between a ruler and his people
What is social contract
200
The society from which the Enlightenment got most of it's ideas
What are the greek and roman societies?
200
Copernicus
Who went against the geocentric theory
200
He wrote about english government and society
What did Thomas Hobbes do?
300
Who was a french philsophe who spread most enlightment ideas
Who is Denis Diderot?
300
Laws that apply to anyone and can be understood by anyone
What is natural law
300
Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates
Which three greek philosopheres stressed reason and analysis
300
Copernicus, Kepler and Gallieio
Who believed in the heiliocentric universe
300
The scientists spread their ideas in gatherings.
How did the philosophers spread their ideas
400
He was an Engllish Thinker who believed in democracy and natural law
Who is John Locke?
400
An ordrely way of collecting and anylizing evidence
What is scientific method
400
Voltarire
Who is was the greatest thinker of the enlightenment
400
Galaleio used an advanced telescope
How did galaleio prove Copernicus's theory
500
In 1762 he published a book called the " The Social Contract" that presents political ideas?
Who is Rousseau?
500
Power separated among the 3 branches of government
What is separation of power
500
The renaissance, reformation, and the Scientific Revolution.
What helped bring about the enlightenment?
500
Observe, Hypothesis, Predict, Test, and Modify
What are the steps of scientific law