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Chap. 6 vocab
The Scientific Revoluions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Geocentric Theory | Earth- centered view of the universe |
| Scientific Revolution | refers to historical changes in thought & belief, to changes in social |
| Heliocentric Theory | a theory that places the Sun as the center of the universe, and the planets orbiting around it |
| Galileo Galilei | who built his own telescope |
| Scientific Method | a method of procedure that has characterized natural science |
| Isaac Newton | who discovered gravity and other law of physics |
| Enlightenment | state of having knowledge or understanding to someone or something |
| Social Contact | an unofficial agreement shared by everyone in a society in which they give up some freedom for security |
| John Locke | held a different, more positive, view of human natures or believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves |
| Philosophe | French for philosophers |
| Voltaire | freedom of thought and expression |
| Montesquieu | separation of powers |
| Rousseau | who held that the individual is essentially good but usually corrupted by society |
| Mary Wollstonecraft | Women's equality |
| Salon | ideas going viral |
| Baroque | the style of European architecture, music, and art |
| Neoclassical | borrowed ideas and themes from classical Greece and Rome also known as "new classical" |
| Enlightened Despot | someone who believes that the ruler should have all the power (absolute ruler) |
| Catherine the Great | the most admired female ruler by the philosophes |
| Declaration of Independence | formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson |
| Thomas Jefferson | was an American lawyer and wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Checks and Balances | a system that allows each branch of a government to amend |
| Federal System | a power that is divided between a central authority and constituent political units |
| Bill of Rights | the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States |