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AP European History
The Scientific Revolution/ The Enlightenment
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10/09/2005

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The Scientific Revolution
Definition

-1543-1795
-changed the way Europeans viewed the world
-new questions being asked/old traditions being questioned
Term
Ptolemy
Definition

-"Geocentric Theory"= the earth is the center of the universe
-helped 16th century people to understand the universe
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Aristotle
Definition

-it is made up of "Earth, Air, & Fire"
Term
True or False
The theories of Ptolemy & Aristotle were supported by the church?
Definition

-TRUE
-the church accepted these men's theories and they werte not challenged till Nicholas Copernicus
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Nicholas Copernicus
Definition

-"The Heliocentric Theory"
-said that the sun is the center of the universe and everything else moves around it in orbit
-challenged the theories of the church
-both Catholic & Protestant Church denounced this
-Martin Luther says he is a fool
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Tycho Brahe
Definition

-tries to find a compromise between Copernicus & Poltemy
-"the moon and sun revlove around the earth & every other planet revolves around the Earth"
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Johannes Kelper
Definition

-says plantes revolve around the sun in an elliptical rather than a circular orbit
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Galileo Galilei
Definition

-agreed w/ "Heliocentric Theory"
-says you cannot look to Bible for things related to science = church orders him to recant= excommunicated
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Sir Issac Newton
Definition

-called greatest person of Scientific Revolution
-"Principa"= answers question of gravity
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Sir Francis Bacon
Definition

-came up with "Scientific Theory"
-aka scientific method
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Rene Descartes
Definition

-came up with deductive reasoning (general to specific)
-"Cogito Ergo Sum" "I think, therefore I am"
-proving the existance of God
Term
True or False
Most fields of medicine came about b/c of Scientific Revolution?
Definition

-TRUE
-many men started to ask questions about the human body
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Andreas Ve Sailus
Definition

-wrote a textbook about human anatomy by dissecting a body
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William Harvey
Definition

-demonstrated how the heart pumps blood through the body
Term
True or False
Because of the new Scientific knowledge, religious beliefs started to suffer?
Definition

-TRUE
-men started discovering things= question belief of God
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Benedict de Spinoza
Definition
-"God is not simply the creator of the universe, he IS the universe" -panthesim- God is everythere
Term
Blaze Pascal
Definition
-wanted to keep SCIENCE & CHRISTIANITY together -"Christian religion not contrary to reason" -"Pensees"=reason can only take you so far= God is experienced be the heart= faith is the final step
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Cervantes
Definition
-Spanish writer -"Don Quioxte"= makes a funny comedy about chivalry
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William Shakespere
Definition
-wrote about all aspects of life
-best work of the time
-uses engilsh language in a way never before known
Term
European Society (just an overall description, not a question)
Definition
-polulation grows
-families glue of society
-newborn had 1 in 4 chance of survival
-few adults lived long enough to see their grandchildren
-witchcraft was now in full swing
-people drank beer & wine
-ate bread
-ate sweets
-best diet
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The Enlightenment
Definition

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