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The Enlightenmet
From book: 1-5; 4-1; 4-2
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History
9th Grade
11/13/2008

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Invention that opened the way for discovery of germ-caused diseases
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Microscopes
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His fascination was the #1 invention
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Leeuwenhoek
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At the center of Ptolemy's theory
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Earth
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They believed God created the world then left it alone
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Deists
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Believed truths about nature could be understood through math formulas
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Descartes
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Substances that can't be broken down by chemical means
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Element
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For every action there is an equal and opposite...
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Reaction
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Newton's math baby
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Calculus
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He suggested experiment, observe, record data
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Bacon
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Keeps the planets in orbit
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Gravity
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Described the earth as a big magnet
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Gilbert
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Had a shocking experience
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Franklin
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Said water would boil at 100*
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Celsius
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Said the earth revolves around the sun
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Copernicus
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Galileo's science
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Physics
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Established 3 laws of planetary motion
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Kepler
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Discovered ROY G BIV
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Sir Isaac Newton
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The scientific method includes these calculations
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Mathematical
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Galileo gave it "4 stars"
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Jupiter
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Enlightened idea: Government derives its power from the consent of the...
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Governed
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One process of the scientific mind
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Logical thinking
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The subject of Gilbert's book
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Magnet
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A meeting of the minds
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Salon
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Suggested a balance of power in government
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Montesquieu
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Europe's #1 center for medicine
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Padua
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Copernicus' theory
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Heliocentric
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Combined science, magic, philosophy
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Alchemist
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Developed the social contract theory of government
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Locke
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Von Guericke's invention
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Air pump
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Revolution that preceded the Enlightenment
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Scientific Revolution
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A more worldly outlook
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Secular
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An unalienable right
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Liberty
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Diderot's literary contribution
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Encyclopedia
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Kelper's planet pattern
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Elliptical
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Galileo's biggest opponent
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Church
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Era when the natural science flowered in Europe
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Age of Reason
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His invention was just in time
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Huygens
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Versalius' profession
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Anatomy
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The root of Europe's population explosion
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Potato
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Freezes at 32*
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Fahrenheit
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Built the first observatory
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Brahe
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Voltaire's famous satire
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Candide
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Locke's agreement between government & citizens
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Social Contract
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Father of modern physics
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Rococo
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Wrote the first compilation of information
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Rousseau
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Scientific study of government
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Political Science
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Invented the sky telescope
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Galileo
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Subject of Kepler's 3 laws
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Motion
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He stressed freedom of speech
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Voltaire
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Hands-on part of science
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Experiments
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Fahrenheit's element
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Mercury
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Subject of Harvey's book
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Heart
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Enlightenment thinkers
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Philosophes
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Studied veins and arteries
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Harvey
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His protagonist was a giant in Lilliput
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Swift
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Experience-based knowledge
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Empirical
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Subject of Swift's travels
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Gulliver
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American philosopher
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Adams
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Influenced prison reform
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Beccaria
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Old monarchical way of thinking: "...right of kings"
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Divine
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Father of modern physics
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Galileo
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John Locke Nationality Idea Book(s)
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English A government has an obligation to the people it governs. If it fails it, the people can overthrow it. "Two Treatises of Government"
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Baron de Montesquieu
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French Each branch of the government should check the other two "The Spirit of Laws" AFFECTED THE CONSTITUTION
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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European People in their natural state were basically good. & The society had too many limits of behavior. "The Social Contract"
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Voltaire
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French He was against injustice, the slave trade, the catholic church, and prejudice [Seven books] FREEDOM OF SPEECH
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Denis Diderot
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French Change the general way of thinking by explaining ideas & topics ENCYCLOPEDIA
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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British Equal education for both sexes.& Women should be able to decide on things without her husband.
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Frederick the Great
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Prussia Believed in free press
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Who came up with the heliocentric
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Copernicus
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Oval shaped orbit
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Ellipse
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Who discovered the ellipse?
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Kepler
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What did Harvey introduce?
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The circulation of blood
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What did Boyle explain?
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How matter was little particles
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What did Para do?
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He developed a new ointment
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Who came up with Deductive & Inductive Reasoning?
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Aristotle
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Bacon stressed need for...
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Experimentation
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What did Gilbert do?
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Explained how the compass worked
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What is the Hapsburg Empire?
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The Holy Roman Empire and Netherlands
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Charles I took what name?
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Charles V
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What happened to the Hapsburg Empire?
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It got too hard for one rules to rule so Charles gave up his titles and divides his empire, leaving Hapsburg lands to Ferdinand and Netherlands to Spain.
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Divine Right?
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Belief that the monarch's authority came directly from God.
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What happened to the Spanish Armada?
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It got defeated badly by the English
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What weakened the Spanish empire?
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They heavily taxed the middle class, trouble in the Americas, they neglected farming
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Who was El Greco and what did he do?
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He was a Italian/Spanish painter who made striking portraits of rulers.
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Who was Miguel Cervantes and what did he do?
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He wrote "Don Quixote", Europe's first modern novel.
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What are Huguenots?
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Catholic majority and French Protestants
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St. Batholomew's Massacre?
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Huguenot & Catholic nobles gathered for a wedding and Catholic royals killed 3,000 Huguenots
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Edict of Nantes?
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Granted the Huguenots religious toleration and other freedoms.
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The Fronde?
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People rebelled in order to protest royal power or preserve their own.
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Louis XIV took what name & why?
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The Sun King, because the sun is the center of the universe, and he is the center of his nation.
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Intendants?
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Royal officials who collect taxes
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