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History Ch. 15
Everything from the review sheet
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Age of Reason | consisted of two opposing ideas in the name of intellectual progress |
| Geocentric theory | the earth was the center of the universe |
| Enlightenment | mindset that led to the 18th century intellectual movement |
| Rationalism | the idea that human reason was the only source of knowledge and truth |
| Inductive reasoning | observes special cases and draws general conclusions |
| Deductive reasoning | starts with a simple premise and draws more complex conclusions from that premise |
| Tabula rasa | means "blank state" with no truth implanted in them |
| Empiricism | that all knowledge comes through experience |
| Dualism | comes from two different types of reality: mind and matter |
| Pantheism | means that everything in the universe, whether spiritual or physical comes from part of the substance called "god' |
| Philosophes | John Locke was a major contributor |
| Unalienable rights | rights that could not be transferred or surrendered |
| Diests | reason was their standard of truth; believed that man was basically good and denied his inherent sinfulness |
| Pietism | needed as the Lutheran Church experienced significant spiritual decline |
| Holy Club | started by Charles Wesley; club that John Wesley joined |
| Methodists | group of students trying to live righteous lives |
| Aldersgate Street | where John Wesley went to a Moravian meeting on May 24, 1738 and received true salvation |
| Great Awakening | the revival that took place in America |
| Mannerism | reflects the tension of the 16th century |
| Baroque | art that is varied as the artists who created it |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | concluded that the sun is the center of the universe and the Earth and other planets revolve around it |
| Galileo Galilei | improved the Dutch invention of the telescope |
| Isaac Newton | discovered the laws of gravity |
| Andreas Vesalius | wrote On the Fabric of the Human Body; knowns as the "Father of Anatomy" |
| Paracelsus | performed the first clinical study of disease and used chemicals to treat illness |
| William Harvey | known as the "Father of Experimental Biology" |
| Edward Jenner | developed the smallpox vaccine |
| Robert Boyle | first to publish the law of inverse gas pressure |
| Joseph Priestley | discovered several chemical substances such as ammonia, oxygen, nitrous oxide, hydrochloric acid, and carbon dioxide |
| Antoine Laurent Lavoisier | known as the "Father of Modern Chemistry" |
| Anton von Leeuwenhoek | greatly improved the microscope by making lenses that could magnify up to 160 times |
| Gerhardus Mercator | devised a projection of the map of the Earth on a flat surface |
| Sir Francis Bacon | major proponent of inductive reasoning |
| John Locke | stated that the basis of government is with the consent of those being governed |
| Baruch Spinoza | taught that everything in the universe, whether spiritual or physical is part of a substance called "god" |
| Baron de Montesquieu | believed that England symbolized political freedom |
| Voltaire | leading figure of the Enlightenment |
| Jean-Jaques Rosseau | wrote The Social Contract maintained that government should be built on and carry on "general will" of the people |
| Philipp Spener | organized times for Bible study and prayer in his home |
| August Francke | led in training of Pietist pastors and missionaries |
| Nikloaus von Zinzendorf | leader of the the Moravians |
| Moravians | began in Bohemia during the time of John Huss |
| John Wesley | Protestant minister who dedicated himself to scholarly pursuits |
| George Whitefield | travelled constantly and preached wherever he went in both Britain and the American colonies |
| Jonathan Edwards | preached his most famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
| El Greco | example of mannerism art from this time as his human forms had elongated bodies and limbs |
| Antonio Vivaldi | wrote Four Seasons |
| George Frideric Handel | Wrote the Messiah |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | composed over 1100 works for instruments including violin, cello, organ, flute, and full orchestra |
| Heliocentric theory | Nicolaus Copernicus; the sun is the center of the universe and the Earth and other planets revolve around it |
| Laws of planetary motion | Johannes Kepler; Law of Orbit, Law of Areas, Law of Periods/Harmonies |
| Laws of gravity | Isaac Newton |
| On the Fabric of the Human Body | Andreas Vesalius |
| Law of inverse gas pressure | Robert Boyle; stated that as pressure on a gas increases, volume decreases |
| The Social Contract | Jean-Jaques Rousseau; maintained that government should be built on and carry on the "general will" of the people |
| Pia Desideria | Philipp Spener; outlined the failures of the church and called for spiritual renewal |
| Herrnhut | Nikolaus von Zinzendorf; "Lord's Lodge" |
| "Sinners in the Hands of and Angry God" | Jonathan Edwards; most famous sermon |
| Four Seasons | Antonio Vivaldi; a concerto putting music to each of the four seasons |
| Messiah | George Frederic Handel; spent 23 days composing a 260-page oratorio centered around the life and death of Jesus |
| Johannes Kepler | discovered the three laws of planetary motion |
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Adilyn B