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Details Title: Chapter 11 Description: The Age of Enlightenment Total Flash Cards: 39 Created: 06/03/2008 12:19:35	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term     the sun revolved around    the earth Definition     Ptolemy Term       1500's ? Definition     the Scientific Revolution began Term     thought people were naturally selfish and violent   Definition      Thomas  Hobbes Term     Who was the scientist who theorized the sun was the center of the universe? Definition   Copernicus      Term     Define laissez-faire Definition     let people do as they please, noninterference Term     What is the meaning of science? Definition     any organized study of how  the natural world works Term        Who stated, "I think, therefore I am." Definition     Rene Descartes Term     During the Scientific Revolution, what allowed science and religion to coexist? Definition     deism Term   What does Hypothesize mean, as in the second step in the Scientific Method? Definition   this step, hypothesize, means;  to try to create an explanation of the facts Term     Mary Wollstonecraft Definition     wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women Term     What did William Harvey discover? Definition     the heart pumps blood Term   What did delegates do to create a stronger national government? Definition     write the US Constitution Term     1783 Definition     Great Britain recognized American Independence Term     What idea is it when a government receives its powers from the people it governs? Definition     popular sovereignty Term      a sweeping change in the way Europeans understood science Definition     Scientific Revolution Term     The English Bill of Rights Definition     written during the Glorious Revolution Term   What do Catherine II, Louis XIV, and Frederick the Great have in common? Definition     all were enlightened despots Term   What is Enlightenment? Definition   the era when people believed reason was a better guide than religious faith or tradition Term     Isaac Newton Definition     developed the universal law of gravitation Term     Why did the First Continental Congress meet? Definition   to call for the repeal of various British policies Term      Who or what began tradition of self-government in New England? Definition     Mayflower Compact Term     Martin Luther King, Jr. Definition     civil rights leader who believed in equal opportunity and human rights Term     religious tolerance Definition     Enlightenment idea involving accepting differences in beliefs Term     Why was Galileo accused of heresy? Definition     he argued that the Earth revolved around the Sun Term     the French Revolution Definition     influenced by the Enlightenment ideas Term     Why did members of the Third Estate resent privileges of nobles Definition      a result of the Enlightenment ideas Term   Roots of the Scientific Revolution Definition     European explorations, contact with the Islamic world, and the humanist approach to reason Term     Roots of the American Revolution  Definition     the Enlightenment idea of social contract Term     Voltaire Definition     greatest thinker of the Enlightenment Term       Denis Diderot Definition     spread Enlightenment ideas Term       Ptolemy Definition     stated that Earth was center of the universe Term     Francis Bacon Definition     developed scientific method Term     Declaration of Independence Definition     contains ideas of John Locke Term     Sun King who ruled France for 72 years Definition     Louis XIV Term     North America Definition   Where England's colonies are most. Term     A major problem with Greek scientific theories. Definition     theories based on observations rather than on experiments Term     Johannes Kepler Definition     theorized that planets moved in oval paths around the Sun Term     Know the difference in views of Natural Law between Thomas Hobbes and John Locke Definition     Hobbes believed people were naturally violent; Locke believed people had natural rights Term       Laissez-faire Definition     Enlightenment idea advocating separation of government and the economy