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AP History Test Ch.18
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12th Grade
12/17/2009

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Galileo's greatest achievement was his...
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Invention of the telescope
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Before the Scientific Revolution, European's view of the universe was based on the ideas of...
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Aristotle
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One of the few attempts to link theoretical science with the applied science took place at...
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Gresham College
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The two men generally given credit for creating the modern scientific method...
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Francis Bacon and Rene' Descartes
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The key feature of Newton's system was the law of...
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Universal gravitation
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Was primarily responsible for bringing to questions the theories of Aristotle
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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According to Diderot, the fundamental goals of the Encyclopedia was to...
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change the general way of thinking
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In his Spirit of Laws, Montesquieu argued for...
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the seperation of governmental powers
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Madame de Chatelet...
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believed women's limited contribution to science was the result of unequal education
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Politically, Volaire believed...
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reform could come only from enlightened rulers
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Studied analytical geometry, must doubt everything, world consists of 2 entities...
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Descartes
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