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7 Hist Ch 9 BJU WS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Andreas Vesalious | Studied human anatomy by dissecting human bodies |
| Antoine Lavoisier | Father of Modern Chemistry |
| Cabinet | Form of English government that gradually increased Parliament's power |
| Catherine the Great (Russia) | Russia continued the process of developing a strong monarchy under her rule |
| Copernicus | Theorized that the earth revolves around the sun |
| Duth Republic/The Netherlands | developed a large economic empire without a centralized monarchy |
| Edmond Halley | 1) English astronomer who predicted the orbits of comets 2) A comet is named after him |
| Edward Jenner | Englishman who discovered the use of a vaccine to eliminate smallpox. |
| Empiricism | "experience is the source of knowledge" |
| English | country that has been ruled by kings of German descent |
| English Bill of Rights | Document that limited the king's power; signed by William and Mary so they could take the throne. |
| Enlightenment | undermined the central role of Christianity in the culture of Europe |
| Eratosthenes | 1) Early Greek astronomer and geographer 2) determined the distance around the earth 3) devised the lines of latitude and longitude found on maps today |
| Euclid | Greek mathematician, Father of Geometry |
| Galileo Galilei | Used a telescope to confirm the earth's orbit around the sun |
| Glorious Revolution | Change of power with no violence or war |
| Hippocrates | Father of Medicine, Greek physician who lived around 400BC |
| John Locke | believe that observation, not human reason, is the source of truth |
| King Charles II (England) | the next ruler of England after Oliver Cromwell's death |
| King James II (England) | 1) strong supporter of the Roman Church but was dismissed from the throne of his country ( he peaced out girl scout) |
| King Louis XIV (France) | 1) Monarch who ruled with absolute, unlimited power that became a model for the rest of Europe. 2) France experienced declining wealth during his reign. |
| Maria Theresa | ruled Austria |
| Paracelsus | believed that the body is mostly chemicals and should be treated with chemical |
| Rationalism | "Reason is the source of knowledge" |
| Reformation Era | the interest in learning about the world continued during this era |
| Rene' Descartes | Rationalist who did not trust any path to truth except human reason |
| Robert Boyle | Christian chemist who opposed enemies of Christianity. Wrote the Sceptical Chymist |
| Secularism | demands that religion be excluded |
| Sir Isaac Newton | Studied calculus and laws of gravity and motion |
| Sir William Herschel | Discovered Uranus and made a forty-foot-long telescope |
| Spanish | took lead in exploring and expanding their empire |
| Spinoza | doubted anything in Scripture that he thought was contrary to reason |
| The Hippocratic Oath | Name of the Oath with which many modern doctors pledge to help people and "never do harm". |
| Tubalcain | worked with brass and iron to demonstrate man's instinct to fulfill the Creation Mandate |
| William Harvey | Studied the body's circulatory system |
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