Unit 5 Review
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- frederick the great
- King of Prussia who used the army to strengthen the nation's powers.
- Absolute monarchy
- a monarchy in which the ruler's power is unlimited (32)
- age of absolution
- 1650-1789. attempt for royalty to extend control of all aspects of life.
- william harvey
- He showed how heart pumps blood through body
- Geocentric
- models of the universe based on the assumption that the sun, moon, and planets all orbit Earth
- Heliocentric
- Earth and all planets orbit the sun
- John Locke
- English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
- nicolaus copernicus
- Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
- johannes kepler
- German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)
- Voltaire
- French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
- peter the great
- St. Petersburg. Modernized Russia.
- Scientific method
- a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses
- fallow
- left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Religious talerence
- William and Mary
- First king and queen under parliment
- charles ii
- King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)
- enlightment
- idea that logic and reason could help in law, society, and government
- Divine right of kings
- the principle that earthly rulers receive their authority from God
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Traveled and brought new ideas to church, Born in Germany
- oliver cromwell
- leader of the commonwealth army
- charles i
- king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor
- glorious revolution
- the transfer of the British monarchy from James II to William and Mary in 1688-1689.
- Constitutional monarchy
- constitution that explains the powers of the government and owes allegiance to a monarch
- age of reason
- 18th century Europe where many religious, socia, and philisophical matters seeks to find answers on facts
- english civil war
- civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I
- Miguel de Cervantes
- wrote first modern novel in Europe.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Rebelled against the church rules, Born in Austria
- Thomas Hobbes
- Philosopher who argued that man was sinful and needed to be controlled
- english bill of rights
- Guaranteed certain rights to English citizens. Introduced the concept of individual rights. (1689)
- scientific revolution
- a period of great scientific change and discovery during the 15th, 16th, and 17th century
- Eugene Dekacroix
- Romantic: emotion not reason, historic themes
- isaac newton
- inventor of reflecting telescope
- Montesquieu
- French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
- louis XIV
- The French King who built the palace at versailles
- galileo galilei
- the first person to use a telescope