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Chapter 10
Civilization since the 1600s - Chapter 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ladder | God's at the top of this (231) |
| Empyrean | Location of God's throne in the Medieval view of the universe (231) |
| Pythagoras | Taught that reality consists of numerical relations that the mind can grasp (232) |
| Copernicus | Said the earth orbits the sun(233) |
| Heliocentric | Means "sun is the center" (233) |
| Galileo | Discovered four moons that orbit Jupiter (234) |
| Kepler | Discovered 3 laws of planetary motion (235) |
| Inertia | A body at rest remains at rest unless acted on by a force (237) |
| Bacon | Developed the inductive method of reasoning (237) |
| Descartes | Developed the deductive method of reasoning (238) |
| Enlightenment | The new outlook started by the Scientific Revolution led to this (242) |
| Voltaire | Leader of the French Enlightenment (243) |
| Hobbes | Believed people are innately selfish and denounced the divine right of kings (245) |
| Locke | Believed people are moved by an innate sense of moral obligation (245) |
| Encyclopedia | Pope Clement XIII banned this in 1759 (249) |
| Laissez Faire | no interference (251) |
| Gave money and provisions to the Americans during the Revolutionary War | France (255) |
| Enlightened despotism | strong monarch would remove obstacles to freedom (253) |
| Federalist Papers | Major American contribution to 18th Century politics (254) |
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