Scientific Revolution Flashcards

1
Q

What made new scientific discoveries possible

A

The invention of Telescopes and Microscopes

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2
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What invention made spreading ideas faster

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Printing Press

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3
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Argued that the Sun was at the center of the universe, he also argued that the earth revolves around the sun

A

Nicolaus Copernicus

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4
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Proved Copernicus’s Theory

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Johannes Kepler

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5
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Observed that planets were not made of pure light but of solid material just like Earth

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Galileo Galilei

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6
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True or False The Church ordered Galileo Galilei to abandon the Copernican system

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True

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7
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Argued that the laws of motion governed the motion of planets and objects on Earth

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Isaac Newton

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8
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Dissected animals to come up with a picture of a human anatomy

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Galen

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9
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Dissected actual humans and presented an actual human anatomy

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Andreas Vesalius

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10
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Showed that the heart is the starting point of blood circulation

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William Harvey

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11
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Invented a system of naming chemicals

A

Antoine Lavoisier

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12
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Said that humans had no power over natural phenomenon

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Margaret Cavendish

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13
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Discovered a comet

A

Maria Wikelmann

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14
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Said the mind and body are two separate entities

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Rene Descartes

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15
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Invented the scientific method

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Francis Bacon

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16
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Believed that people are born with a blank mind

A

John Locke

17
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Believed that the government is made of 3 branches (which btw are executive, legislative, and judicial)

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Baron de Montesquieu

18
Q

Criticized Christianity and believed in religious tolerance

A

Voltaire

19
Q

Made the Encyclopedia Classified Dictionary of Sciences, Arts, and Trade

A

Denis Diderot

20
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Believed that if the government would give people freedom then society would be better as a whole.

A

Adam Smith

21
Q

Is against capital punishment

A

Cesar Beccaria

22
Q

Believed the Idea of social contract

A

Jean Jacques Rousseau

23
Q

English missionary preached to the masses about salvation which gave rise to Methodism

A

John Welsey

24
Q

Founder of the European and American movement for the rights of Women

A

Mary Wollstonecraft

24
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Founder of the European and American movement for the rights of Women

A

Mary Wollstonecraft