Midterm Flashcards
Japanese name for heads of noble families
daimyo
Who was the greatest Japanese poet?
Matsuo Basho
status symbol in Qing society
foot binding
Who was the first person to argue that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the earth?
Copernicus
What did Francis Bacon believe scientists should do?
use inductive reasoning
What did John Locke’s ideas suggest?
people are molded by their experiences. tabula rassa
What was Rousseau’s idea of a social contract?
an entire society agrees to be governed
What was the Ptolemaic system?
it is geocentric and had round, not ovular, ellipses
What did Galileo’s observations indicate?
planets and stars are made of a material like earth, not pure light
Who wrote “On the Fabric of the Human Body”?
Vesalius
Who is the “father of modern rationalism”?
Descartes
What was Montesquieu’s laying contribution to political thought?
checks and balances
What economical system did Adam Smith believe in?
laissez-faire
What is the idea of laissez-faire?
the state does not regulate the economy
Who was the most famous rococo artist?
Tiepolo
What is the heliocentric theory?
The sun is the center of the universe
Who invented a system of naming the elements?
Lavoisier
Who made Prussia a great European power?
Frederick the Great
Who is the “greatest figure of the enlightenment”?
Voltaire
The War of the Austrian Succession became because who ascended to the throne?
Maria Teresa
Who wrote Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy?
Margaret Cavendish
Who wrote the first encyclopedia?
Diderot
How did the Seven Year’s War end?
England took over French territory in North America and India
Who wrote On Crimes and Punishments?
Beccaria
