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Harrison's Ch. 6 Test Flashcards

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What was the midievil view or geocentric theory

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Earth is the center of the universe and the planets revolve around it in perfect circles.

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What Theory did Aristotle have?

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Geocentric theory

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What caused the Scientific Revolution?

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People questioned the Geocentric theory

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Before the scientific revolution where did people get their information

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Looked to the Greeks, Romans, and the bible.

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What theory did Copernicus have after 25 years of research?

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Heliocentric theory

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What is the heliocentric theory

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Sun center of the universe and planets have an elliptical orbit

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What book did Copernicus write

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On the revolution of heavenly bodies

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Who continued Copernicus’ work?

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Brahe

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How did Brahe continue Copernicus’ work?

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By tracking heavenly bodies

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Who was Brahes assistant and what did he do?

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Kepler and he continued work on elliptical orbits

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The scientific revolution was

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Based in careful observation and questioning belief

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What did Galileo do? (5)

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Built telescope, learned surfaces are not smooth, wrote Starry Messenger, said sun had dark spots, Jupiter has 4 moons.

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Explain the battle between the Catholic Church and Galileo

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Church warned 
Shut mouth
Dialogue of the two Cheif systems
Trial
Denounced discoveries
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What is the scientific method?

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Procedure for gathering and testing ideas

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Which two people helped advance it?

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Descartes and Bacon

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Bacon -

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Encouraged others to experiment with their own conclusions

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Descartes -

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Analytical Geometry

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Newton -

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Law of gravity (everything attracts)

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Torricelli -

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Mercury barometer

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Janssen-

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Microscope

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Fahrenheit

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Thermometer

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Celsius

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Thermometer

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Leeuwenhoek

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Saw bacteria & blood cells

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Vesalius

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Dissected body and provided detailed information about organs, bones, muscles

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Jenner

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Smallpox vaccine from cowpox

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Boyle

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Father of modern chemistry.

Atoms

Boyles Law- Temp, volume, pressure of gas effect each other.

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What is the enlightenment

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New period that stressed reason and thought and power of an individual to solve problems

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What was then age of reason

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The enlightenment

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28
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Hobbes believes that

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Humans are selfish and wicked

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Hobbes social contract

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People had to hand over power to a strong leader

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Locke believed that

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People could learn from experience and improve

Gov power comes from the consent of the governed

Everyone free & equal

3 natural rights

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Locke’s three natural rights

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Life, liberty and property

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Philosophes

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Social critics that add reason

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Philosophes 5 beliefs

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1) Reason - learn the truth through reasonable thinking
2) nature - nature is good, don’t fight nature
3) progress - we can improve
4) liberty - great thing
5) happiness

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Voltaire

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Wrote over 70 books. Most satires. Exiled to England. Fought for freedom of speech

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Montesquieu

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Separation of powers

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Rousseau

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Believed in Individual freedom. Government is freely formed by the people.

Social contract between the people

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Beccaria

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  • Promotes criminal justice.
  • Against torture.
  • Punishment should be based on crime.
  • Speedy trial.
  • No Capitol punishment
38
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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Fought for equal rights and education.

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What book did Mary Wollstonecraft write?

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A vindication of the rights of women

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Legacy of the enlightenment

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A) belief in progress - scientific knowledge grew
B) a more secular outlook - science explained mysteries, questioned religious beliefs
C) importance of individual - turns away from royalty to themselves

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Paris

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Cultural and intellectual capital of Europe

42
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Diderot

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Encyclopedia

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Encyclopedia

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Collection of articles and essays.

Banned by catholic church and French gov

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What helped spread the enlightenment ideals across Europe

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Newspapers, songs, pamphlets and the encyclopedia

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Baroque style

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Grand, ornate, dramatic

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Neoclassical

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Borrowed themes from classical Greece and Rome.

Music lighter and more elegant.

New form of literature - novels

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Richardson

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First English novel

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What are Enlightened despots and what is so good about them

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Embraced new ideas and made reforms based on enlightenment ideals.

This makes their country stronger and their rule more effective

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3 enlightened despots

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Frederick the great

Joseph II

Catherine the Great

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Frederick the Great

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  • Granted religious freedom
  • Reduced censorship
  • Improved education
  • Reformed justice system (no torture)
  • “Servant of state”
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Joseph II (Austria)

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  • Legal reforms
  • Freedom of press and worship
  • Abolished serfdom
  • Peasants must be paid in cash
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Catherine the Great (Russua)

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RECOMMENDED 
•Religious tolerance
•Abolishing torture and Capitol punishment
None changed because of boyers
(Wanted access to the Black Sea)
53
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What happened to Poland and by who

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Partitioned 3 times by Prussia Russia and Austria. Disappeared from map until the end of the world war

54
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George III

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King if England

55
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Explain the three reasons the American colonies wanted to break away from England

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  • Population over two million without slaves
  • Colonists see themselves less as Brits and more as New Yorkers or Virginians
  • losing tie with England
56
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Navigation act

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American colonies had to sell most valuable products to Britain and pay Hugh taxes on imports from Netherlands and France

57
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What was a result of Britain fighting I’m the French and Indian war

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They wanted the colonists to help pay.

58
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Stamp Act

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Official stamp in wills, deeds, newspaper, printed materials.

Was first tax to be paid directly to British gov.

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What was the colonists reaction to the stamp act

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They argued it violated their natural rights = Petition of rights - no taxation without representation

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Petition of rights

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No taxation without representation

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Boston tea party

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Protest in an import tax on tea

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First continental congress

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Philadelphia - sent letter to the king

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What caused the American revolution?

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British soldiers and American militiamen fired on eachother

64
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Second continental congress

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Voted to raise army and give commend to George Washington

Declaration of Independence-Thomas Jefferson

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How do colonial leaders justify the revolution?

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With the ideas of the enlightenment

66
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What were the four reasons America won the revolution?

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1) more motivated
2) British generals were overconfident
3) time was on their side
4) had help from French

67
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Who surrendered in the American Revolution?

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Cornwallis

68
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Articles of Confederation

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Weak national gov. 
No executive branch. 
One body. 
Each state had one vote.
 9/13 to pass law. 
Could not collect taxes or regulate trade.
69
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What was a result of the failing Articles of Confederation

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Constitutional convention

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Constitutional convention

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Meeting to revise Articles of confederation -55 delegates

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Federalists

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Support new constitution

72
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Antifederalists

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Against new constitution, wanted bill of rights

73
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What did the new constitution have/do

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Checks and balances, federal system, put the ideas if the enlightenment into practice

74
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Federal system

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Power is divided between national and state governments

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