Ch. 11 Sec. 5-6 S.S Flashcards
The process of looking at specific facts and making a rule or general principle based on those facts.
Inductive reasoning
A belief that goes against church teachings.
Hersey
The belief that knowledge is gained by thinking through reason.
Rationalism
The idea that the sun is at the center of the solar system.
Heliocentric theory
A Polish astronomer who established the theory of the earth not being the center of the solar system but that the sun is.
Copernicus
A German astronomer Who proved the motions of the planets around the sun.
Johannes Kepler
An Italian mathematician that constructed the telescope that supported the theory of the sun centering the solar system.
Galileo Galilei
In English mathematician famous for laws of gravitation and developed the rules of modern science.
Isaac newton
A French philosopher known as the father of modern philosophy for defining a starting point of modern life.
Renè Descartes
The contribution of Greek Jewish Muslim and Renaissance scholars to the scientific revolution
These people were very important from all over the place because they started a foundation for modern science.
Explain the importance of the scientific method and how it was impacted the way we study the world.
They used to just guess and say it was right and with the scientific method people experimented and decided things from trial and error rather than just guessing.
Rights that belong to all people from birth
Natural rights
Divided power among three branches of government
Separation of powers
The idea that women should enjoy the same rights as men
Feminism
In unwritten agreement between people and their government that gives the rights and duties of each
Social contract
Allowing others to hold the leaves that are different from one’s own
Tolerance
Argued that government has a responsibility to protect the natural rights. The government has the power to punish people who break laws but these punishment should be for the public good.
John Locke
Argued that government power should be divided he suggested dividing the powers of the government into the three different branches and had to do with checks and balances.
Montesquieu
Believe people should choose their own thoughts on religion thought they needed tolerance because of religious wars.
Voltaire
Wrote a book about women’s rights that was the first major work of feminism.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Thought the best way for a nation to become wealthy was to allow free trade countries benefit from government not blocking trade
Adam Smith
A French philosopher who wrote about the social contract he thought entering the social contract had often lost their liberty by giving power to the governments that did not protect the common good.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
