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World History 15-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What led to the Scientific Revolution? | The questioning of the scholars. |
| What is the geocentric theory? | It is the earth-centered view of the universe. |
| Who came up with the Geocentric theory? | Aristotle |
| What is the heliocentric theory? | Sun-centered theory |
| Who came up with the heliocentric theory? | Nicolaus Copernicus |
| What did Johannes Kepler conclude? | He conculded that planets revolved around the sun in elliptical orbits instead of circles. |
| Who dicovered the law of pendalum? | Galileo Galilei |
| Who built their own telescope? | Galileo Gailei |
| When did Galileo have problems with the church? | In 1616 |
| Why did Galileo have problems with the church? | The church thought that Galileo was defended the ideas of Copernicus |
| What is the scientific method? | Is a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas. |
| Who invented the Scientific Revolution? | Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes |
| Who came up with laws of motion? | Issac newton |
| Who invented the microscope? | Zacharias Janssen |
| What is the barometer used for? | It is used for measuring atmospheric pressure and predicting weather. |
| Who inveted the barometer? | Gabriel Farenheit |
| What are salons? | They were large gatherings in which let people discuss ideas and enjoy artistic performances. |
| Who held the salons? | Women |
| What was Queen Elizabeth's ideal form of government? | Monarchy |
| What was Hobbles's ideal form of government? | Absolute Monarchy |
| What was Locke's ideal form of government? | Monarchy |
| What was Plato's ideal form of government? | Absolute Monarchy |
| What was Rousseau's ideal form of government? | Direct Democracy |
| What was King Louis's ideal form of government? | Absolutism |
| What is Absolutism? | The king has power over everything. |
| What did Mary Wollscraft fight for? | She fought for women's rights. |
| What did Thomas Hobbles believe? | He believed that people were too selfish and that they could not be trusted to make their own descions. |
| What did John Locke believe in? | He believed in natural rights: life, liberty,and property. |
| What are the bill of rights? | the first ten amendments |
| When did congress issue the declaration of independence? | In 1776 |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What is the declaration of Independence? |