Monarchs
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100

My most important contribution to the world was the King James Version of the Bible

Who was King James I?

100

I discovered the laws of gravity and motion; gravity keeps the planets in orbit; developed an advanced form of calculus; and invented the reflecting telescope

What was Sir Isaac Newton?

100

Idea that society should be free from religion

What is secularism?

100

Another name for a king or queen

What is a monarch?

100

I discovered the planet Uranus

Who was Sir William Hershel?

200

I lived at Versailles and was one of the most successful European rulers ever

Who was Louis XIV?

200
I am known as the Father of Chemistry, named oxygen and hydrogen, working on developing the metric system, formed the Law of Conservation of Matter, and assembled the first known list of elements

Who was Antoine Lavoisier?

200

A government where the monarch makes all the decisions for their people

What is absolutism?

200
Period of time in the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe when men learned about things by studying about the world around them using reason.

What is the Age of Reason?

200

I discovered how to prevent people from getting smallpox by developing vaccinations

Who was Edward Jenner?

300

I started the English Civil War because I wanted to make England Catholic

Who was Charles I?

300

I discovered that every illness has a natural cause and that rest and a healthy diet can treat it

Who was Hippocrates?

300

The prosperity of the nation depends on its supply of capital through importing and exporting goods

What is mercantilism?

300

The European nation that established a modern stock market and banking system that was adopted by other European countries.

What was the Dutch Republic?

300

I declared myself Lord Protector during the English Civil War.

Who was Oliver Cromwell?

400

I am the Russian leader that increased both the size and power of Russia

Who was Catherine the Great?

400

I discovered the earth revolved around the sun. This really made the Catholic Church angry because it went against their teachings

Who was Copernicus?

400

Idea that most or all knowledge can be discovered through the use of reason alone and that truth is logical and may be revealed through deductive reasoning

What is rationalism?

400

A state that is protected by someone other than the king.

What is a Protectorate?

400

I believed that observing the world around you determined truth

Who was John Locke?

500

I'm the Austrian monarch who made Vienna an important center for the arts, especially music

Who was Maria Theresa?

500

I accurately calculated the earth's circumference using Euclid's geometric principles

Who was Eratosthenes?

500

Idea that knowledge is gained from evidence gathered through sensory experiences in order to determine truth

What is empiricism?

500

Period of time when ideas came from the belief that human reason and careful observation were the only ways to know the truth.

What is the Enlightenment?

500

I proposed doubting everything except for basic axioms or statement about which there can be no doubt

Who was Rene Descartes?