Chapter 22-People Flashcards

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Who concluded that certain mathematical laws govern planetary motion? One of these laws showed the planets revolved around the sun in elliptical orbits rather than circles. Showed that Copernicus’s works were true.

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Johannes Kepler

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Who Discovered that the stars, the earth, and other planets revolved around the sun?

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Who discovered that Jupiter had four moons and the sun had dark spots? This person also noted that the earth’s moon had a rough, uneven surface, shattering Aristotle’s discoveries. Supported beliefs of Copernicus.

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Galileo Galilei

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Who discovered that the same force ruled motion of the planets and all mater on earth and in space? Every object in the universe attracts another.

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Isaac Newton

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Who believed that without government, there would be “war…of every man against every man,” and life would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short?”This person also believed in the social contract, meaning people would give up their rights to a ruler in exchange for protection.

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Thomas Hobbes

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Who believed that people could learn from experience and improve themselves? This person believed that all people are born free and equal with 3 natural rights: life, liberty, and property. They believed the purpose of government was to protect these rights, and if it failed to do so, the people could overthrow the government.

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John Locke

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Who believed in tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech? This person also fought against prejudice and superstition.

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Voltaire

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Who believed that Britain was the best-governed and most politically balanced country of his own day? This person proposed that separation of powers would keep any individual group from gaining total control of the government.

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Baron de Montesquieu

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Who believed that civilization corrupted people’s natural goodness? This person viewed government as an agreement among free individuals to create a society guided by the “general will.”

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Who believed that law existed to preserve social order, not to avenge crimes? This person also believed that a person accused of a crime should receive a speedy trial and torture should never be an option.

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Cesare Bonesana Beccaria

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Who was an English writer who criticized the unequal relationship between men and women in marriage. This person’s book “A Serious Proposal to the Ladies” addressed the lack of educational opportunities for women.

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Mary Astell

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Who believed that women need education to become virtuous and useful. This person also believed that women should be able to enter the male-dominated fields of medicine and politics.

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Who believed that individuals acting in their own self-interest created economic progress

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Adam Smith

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Who spread enlightened thinking in all areas by publishing the Encyclopedia?

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Denis Diderot

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Who broke from traditionally ornate musical forms and developed the sonata and symphony?

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Franz Joseph Haydn

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Who set a new standard for elegance and originality with his varied and numerous musical composition?

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Who exhibited great range in his works? This person moved from the classical style of Mozart to begin a new trend that carried music into the Age of Romanticism.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

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Who wrote Pamela, the first English novel?

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Samuel Richardson

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Who committed himself to the goal of reforming and strengthening his country? This person granted many religious freedoms, reduced censorship, Improved education and the justice system, and abolished torture; Never did anything to end serfdom because he needed the support of the wealthy landowners

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Frederick The Great

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Who abolished serfdom, initiated legal reforms, introduced freedom of the press, and supported freedom of religion?

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Joseph II

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Who tried to modernize and reform Russia according to the writings of the philosophes? Very limited reforms for the people. Did expand Russia’s border.

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Catherine The Great

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Who had the idea that the earth was the center of the universe, known as the Geocentric Theory?

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Aristotle

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Who expanded Aristotle’s Geocentric Theory?

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Ptolemy

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Who was a Danish scientist who recorded the movements of the planets and produced a lot of accurate data based on his observations?

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Tycho Brahe

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Who believed that by better understanding the world, scientists would generate practical knowledge that would improve people’s lives. Urged scientists to experiment and then draw conclusions. This is empiricism or the experimental method
Helped to make the scientific method popular

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Francis Bacon

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Who developed analytical geometry, which linked algebra and geometry? Relied on mathematics and logic rather than experimentation
Helped to make the scientific method popular

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René Descartes

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Who invented the first microscope?

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Zacharias Janssen

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Who used a microscope to examine bacteria swimming in tooth scrapings? He also examined red blood cells for the first time

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Who developed the first mercury barometer, a tool for measuring atmospheric pressure and predicting weather?

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Evangel Torricelli

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Who created the first thermometer to use mercury in glass? Water freezes at 32

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

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Who created a scale for the mercury thermometer in 1742, showing freezing at 0 degrees?

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Anders Celsius

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Who dissected and studied the anatomy of animals and assumed humans were the same?

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Galen

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Who dissected human bodies and published the book “On the Structure of the Human Body” which was filled with detailed drawings of human organs, bones, and muscles?

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Andreas Vesalius

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Who created a vaccine for smallpox using cowpox?

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Edward Jenner

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Who is considered the founder of modern chemistry? He proposed that matter was made up of smaller primary particles that joined together in different ways.
Add boyles law.

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Robert Boyle

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Who was one of the most influential of the salon hostesses in Voltaire’s time? This person also helped finance the project of a leading philosophe named Denis Diderot.

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Marie-Therese Geoffrin

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Who was a dominating composer from Germany who wrote dramatic organ and choral music?

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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Who was a dominating composer from England who wrote dramatic organ and choral music?

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Friedrich Handel

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Who was Britain’s ruler during the American Revolution?

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George III

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Who was the commander of the group of British soldiers who surrendered in Yorktown, Virginia?

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Lord Cornwallis

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Who was the ruler of France who allied with the colonists during the American Revolution to weaken Great Britain’s power?

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Louis XVI

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Who wrote the novel Tom Jones?

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Henry Fielding