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Chapter 22
Sci revoultion Philosphes and Englightment
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History
10th Grade
09/29/2011

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Scientific Revoultion
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A new way about thinking of the natural world by observation and questioning accepted beliefs. Explorers traveling to Africia, Asia and the Americas helped spread this idea so did this invention called the printing press.
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The Enlightment
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Also known as the Age of Reason it was an intellectual movement that stressed reason, thought and power of indivuals to solv problems. It started from ideas two men Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.
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Geocentric Theory
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The earth centered view of the universe was called for this theory. This idea came from the Greek philospher Aritstole. Ptolemy a greek astronmer expanded this theory.
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Heliocentric Theory
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Another word for this theory is sun- centered. It completely explains why the planets orbited. This was from Copernicus idea during the mid 1500's.
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