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Scientific Revolution Flashcards

1
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Earth is the center of the universe. The sun and other planets orbit around Earth.

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Geocentric Theory

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Logical procedure for gathering and testing data, which has paved the way for modern science

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Scientific Method

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The sun was at the center of the universe. The Earth and other planets orbited around the sun.

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Heliocentric Theory

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Impact of the heliocentric theory

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Many people decided to start questioning the Church and their belief and one of the founders was told to discover his claims or be killed.

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What caused people in society to begin to question the Church’s authority?

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They realized that the Church hadn’t been telling the truth when it came to what was in the universe, so people thought that they must have lied about other things and couldn’t trust them anymore.

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Which entity held power/authority prior to the scientific revolution?

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Church/ one person.

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Which form of government was most commonly practiced prior to the scientific revolution?

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Theocracy/ Absolute Monarchs

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Which form of government was most commonly practiced after the scientific revolution?

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Elections/ voting

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What does birthright mean?

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The family that they were born into defines who they are ruled by.

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Identify the use of criminal justice prior to the scientific revolution and why these punishments were chosen.

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Inhumane, tortured with pain and brutality.

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Identify the use of criminal justice after the scientific revolution and why these punishments were chosen.

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Humane, little to no pain. The right to go to court instead of being tortured for an accusation.

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What important discoveries were made by Galileo Galilei?

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He discovered the speed of the pendulum and the rate of falling objects, regardless of weight. He also made improvements to the telescope and found dark spots on the sun, craters on the moon, and multiple moons orbiting Jupiter.

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The Scientific Revolution made it possible for Truth to now is discovered in what ways?

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People now had the freedom to discover, read, and research what they wanted and could ask questions about it. They didn’t have the Church telling them no and asking them to stop scientific discoveries.

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14
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Art prior to the Revolution

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Static
Limitless expressions
Biblical

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Art after the Revolution

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Expressive
Realistic
Light

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Architecture prior to the Revolution

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Baroque artistic period

17
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Architecture after the Revolution

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Neoclassical (New)

18
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Women prior to the Revolution

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Submissive

19
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Women after the Revolution

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Fought for equality
education
liberties

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Child Rearing prior to the Revolution

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Sinful and treated harshly. Were servants towards other parents. Had no clothes or toy stores.

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Child Rearing after the Revolution

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They can learn from their mistakes and mature.

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Criminal Justice prior to the Revolution

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Inhumane/ Torture. No trial was granted and had cruel punishments.

23
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Lists ways of Torture

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Broken at the Wheel
Iron Maiden
Burning at the Stake
The Boots
Boiling to Death
Flaying

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Criminal Justice after the Revolution

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Humane/ Harmless.

25
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Criminal Justice (humane)

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Hangings
Firing Squad
Lethal Injection
Necklacing

26
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Role of the Church in Criminal Justice

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The Church supported these actions and used them against blasphemers.

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Why wouldn’t people question the Church’s authority?

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The Church was the largest power in the world in this period and they didn’t want to receive this torture.

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Why would people begin to question the Church’s authority?

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There were many people who knew the world was changing, so they decided that torturing needed to change too.

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Galileo Galilei discoveries

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Speed of the Pendulum- constant speed, never slows
Rate of falling objects- objects fall at the same speed regardless of weight
Improved upon the telescope in 1609 to study the heavens
Discovered the sun had dark spots, the moon had craters, and Jupiter had at least 4 moons in 1610

30
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Why was Galileo a threat to the Church?

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He was questioning their beliefs and proving all of the beliefs to be incorrect.

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Government prior to the Revolution

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Theocracy

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Government after the Revolution

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Controlled by the people using voting.

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