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The Enlightenment and The Scientific Revolution
From Hobbes and Locke to Galileo and Copernicus
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9th Grade
10/08/2014

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Term

Scientific Method

 

Definition

Logical Procedure for gathering information about the natural world.

-Experimentation

-Observation

Term
Astonomers
Definition
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
  • Tycho Brahe
  • Johannes Kepler
  • Galileo Galilei
Term
How long did Nicolaus Copernicus study planetary motion?
Definition
25 years
Term
What type of monk was Copernicus?
Definition
Polish Cleric Monk
Term
What theory did Copernicus develop?
Definition
Heliocentric Theory
Term
What is the Heliocentric theory?
Definition
That the whole universe revolves around the sun
Term
When did Copernicus publish his theories?
Definition
In 1543 when he was dying
Term
Why did Copernicus wait until he was dying to publish his theories?
Definition
Bceause he was afraid of how people would respond to his ideas
Term
Tycho Brahe was what nationality?
Definition
Danish
Term
What data did he record for years?
Definition
Mathmatical data about planetary motion
Term
When did Brahe die?
Definition
1601
Term
Who was Johannes Kepler?
Definition
Brahe's assitant
Term
What was Kepler's other job?
Definition
Mathmatician
Term
What natinality was Kepler?
Definition
German
Term
What did he discover in Brahe's mathmatical data?
Definition
Patterns
Term
What is the first Law of Planetary Motion?
Definition
That the Earth and all of the other planets revolve around the Sun.
Term
What is the second Law of Planetary motion?
Definition
Planets orbits aren't perfect circles, their orbits are eliptical
Term
What were Galileo's actual jobs?
Definition
Astroner and Physicist
Term
What nationality was Galileo?
Definition
Italian
Term
What did Galileo study the heavens with?
Definition
His own homemade telescope
Term
What was Galileo's relationship with the church?
Definition
  • Often thrown in jail
  • Defied the church
  • Disproved the theorys of the church
  • Mocked the pope for not beleving in the heliocentric theory
  • Tried by the pope in the Roman inquisition
  • Was forced to recant what he said about the heliocentric theory
Term
What did Galileo "take back" before he died?
Definition
His recant to the church about the Heliocentric theory
Term
What is the Law of the Pendulum
Definition
Each swing of a pendulum takes the same amount of time regardless of distance
Term
What is the Law of Falling Objects
Definition

Objects fall at a fixed rate

-Larger and heavier objects fall at the same speed as smaller and lighter objects

Term
Issac Newton, was what nationality?
Definition
English
Term
Devised what two laws of physics?
Definition

-Law of Gravity

and

-Law of Motion

Term
Describe the Law of Gravity
Definition
Every object in the universe attracts other objects
Term
What is responsible for the movment of the moon?
Definition
Gravity
Term
What is Boyle's Law?
Definition
How the volume, temperature, and pressure of a gas affect each other.
Term
Who was the English doctor that invented the smallpox vaccine using cowpox?
Definition
Edward Jenner
Term
Willliam Harvey described what functins of the human body?
Definition
The heart and blood vessels
Term
What is using live germs to build the body's immunity called?
Definition
Innoculation
Term
What were the four main technologys of the age?
Definition
The telescope, microscope, barometer, and thermometer.
Term
Who invented the telescope?
Definition
Hans Lippershey
Term
Who invented the Microscope?
Definition
Zacharies Janssen
Term
Who invented the barometer?
Definition
Evangilista Torricelli
Term
Who invented the thermometer?
Definition
Galileo
Term
What were some other advancments during this time period?
Definition

-Gravel and Cobblestone roads

-The Agricultural Revolution

-Better ship designs

 

Term
Who belevied that people are naturally curel, greedy, and selfish?
Definition
Hobbes
Term
Who rejected laissez faire in favor of mercantilism
Definition
The Physiocrats
Term
Who thought humans are naturally resonable, moral, and good?
Definition
John Locke
Term
Hobbes
Definition
Hate
Term
Locke
Definition
Love
Term
What was to be done to escape this "brutish" life?
Definition
A Social Contract
Term
Hobbes said that only one type of goverment could ensure an orderly society, what type of goverment is it?
Definition
Powerful
Term
Who did Hobbes think was the only person who could keep a society completely orderly?
Definition
An absolute monarch
Term
What does Locke think a humans natural rights are?
Definition
Life, Liberty, and Property
Term
Locke said people form goverments to do what?
Definition
To protect natural rights
Term
In the opinion what kind of goverment was the best?
Definition
One with limited power
Term
Who said if a goverment violates peoples naturals rights, people have the right to overthrow thier ruler?
Definition
Locke
Term
What did European scientists use to discover the laws of nature between 1500 and 1700?
Definition
Reason
Term
What were the three specfic, very succsessful aspects of the Scientific revolution?
Definition
Planetary movments, Chemistry, and Vacciantions
Term
Every social, political, and economic problem could be solved by what?
Definition
Reason
Term
What things are created to secrue an orderly society?
Definition
Goverments
Term
Seperation is described as what?
Definition
The best way to protect human liberties
Term
What was all of it free and equal?
Definition
MEN
Term
A free market shoudl be allowed to regualate what?
Definition
Trade
Term
Who were the three top thinkers of the time?
Definition
  • John Locke
  • Baron de Monesquiew
  • Voltaine
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