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Stack #115495
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| geocentric | theory that the Earth is the center of the universe |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | Polish scientist that suggested heliocentric theory |
| heliocentric | the theory that the sun is the center of the universe |
| Galileo Galilei | Italian, born in 1564. Discovered the telescope |
| telescope | an instrument that makes distant things seem close |
| gravity | the force that pulls things toward Earth |
| prism | an instrument that bends and seperates light to show that it is made up of several bands of color. |
| Rene Descartes | born in France in 1596. developed the scientific method |
| scientific method | a way of testing ideas to determine if they are true |
| Enlightenment | A European movement of the eighteenth century marked by a rejection of many traditional social, religious, and political ideas and with an emphasis on rationalism. |
| John Locke | Enlightenment thinker.did not believe in the divine right of kings, did believe in consent of the governed. |
| divine right of kings | the belief that God chose kings and wanted people to obey them |
| consent of the governed | the belief that if a ruler does not serve the people, they have the right to overthrow them. |
| Isaac Newton | born in 1642 in the English countryside. discovered gravity, motion, calculus, prism, helped improve telescope, and helped people better how heliocentric worked. |
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