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Unit 3 Study Guide
Unit 3 test terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scientific Revolution | People began using experiments and mathematics to understand mysteries. Study of nature became more organized. |
| Roger Bacon | One of the earliest to favor a system of scientific experimentation, rather than faithful acceptance of religious ideas and ancient beliefs as means of finding truth |
| Scientific Method | Repeated experiments make sure they are same results. Drew conclusions about what they observed. |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | Argued the sun was the center of the earth. Developed heliocentric or "sun centered" theory. |
| Johannes Kepler | German astronomer who helped confirm Copernicius's new findings. Mathematician who used models, observation, and mathematics to test the heliocentric theory |
| Galileo Galilei | Italian scientist helped confirm heliocentric findings. Built his own telescope, and began studying the heavens. Argues not every heavenly body revolves around earth |
| Isaac Newton | English scientist published a book. Proposed law of universal gravitation. Explained laws of motion and developed mathematical means of measuring motion |
| Andreas Vesalius | Flemish scientist, pioneered study of anatomy. Book helped gain visual understanding of components in body and how work together. |
| William Harvey | English physician, using labratory experiments, studied circulation of blood. Described how blood moves through veins and arteries. Observed organs like the heart. |
| Rene Descartes | Leader of Scientific Revolution. Developed philosophy based on own reason. Discourse on Method, all assumptions had to be proven with facts. |
| Francis Bacon | English philosopher and scientist. Believed scientific theories could be developed through observation. No assumptions could be trusted. |
| Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek | Dutch scientist used the microscope, to discover bacteria. Studied and wrote about whole range of tiny life forms, never seen by human eye. |
| Robert Boyle | An English- Irish scientist helped to pioneer modern science of chemistry. Showed that temperature and pressure affect space that a gas occupies |
| Compass | European navigators learned they could magnetize an iron needle. Rubbed needle on piece of lodestone. Floated on water pointed North. |
| Commercial Revolution | Improved ways of doing buisness. Europeans changed basic economic practices. |
| Joint- Stock Company | Individual merchants joined together into a new business. Owners raised money by shares, or stock. |
| Mercantilism | Stated that a country's government should do all it could to increase country's wealth, which was measured by amount of gold and silver country possessed. |
| Favorable balance of trade | A country selling more goods than it bought from other countries |
| Tarrifs | Important taxes |
| Subsides | Grants of money |
| Colonies | Major role in mercantilism. People provided strong markets for its manufactured goods |
| Colombian Exchange | Massive exchange between New and Old world of Europe with products, plants, animals, and even diseases. |
| Christopher Columbus | German navigator, had studied writings of Marco Polo and Ptolemy's description of a round Earth. Actually discovered island of the Americas |
| Hernan Cortes | Invaded Mexico. Siezed Montezuma. Captured and destroyed great Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. |
| Fransisco Pizarro | Led 180 men and 37 horses on an expedition. Destroyed many Aztec and Inca statues and temples. |
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