Scientific Revolution/ Enlightenment/ French Revolution

Question 1

Bacon

Answer 1

Helped develop the scientific method, stressed experimentation

Question 2

Descartes

Answer 2

Helped develop the scientific method, stressed human reasoning

Question 3

Newton

Answer 3

Father of physics, invented calculus

Question 4

Brahe

Answer 4

Tried to prove the heliocentric model wrong

Question 5

Kepler

Answer 5

Brahe’s assistant, discovered planets move in ellipses

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Copernicus

Answer 6

Heliocentric model

Question 7

Harvey

Answer 7

Circulation of blood

Question 8

Vesalius

Answer 8

Autopsies, human anatomy

Question 9

Boyle

Answer 9

Father of chemistry, all matter is made of tiny particles

Question 10

Van Leeuwenhoek/ Robert Hooke

Answer 10

Perfected the microscope, saw cells, effect of temperature and pressure on gases

Question 11

Pare

Answer 11

Ointment for preventing infections, artificial limbs

Question 12

Hobbes

Answer 12

Loves the absolute monarchy

Question 13

Locke

Answer 13

People should overthrow the government if it’s not protecting their rights

Question 14

Voltaire

Answer 14

Political and religious freedom

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Adam Smith

Answer 15

Laissez-faire economics

Question 16

Mary Wollstonecraft

Answer 16

Women’s rights

Question 17

Denis Diderot

Answer 17

Wrote the encyclopedia

Question 18

Rousseau

Answer 18

Romanticism

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Madame Geoffrin

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Salon hostess

Question 20

Bach

Answer 20

Sonatas, played organs

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Handel

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Wrote water music

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Mozart

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600+ pieces of music

Question 23

Olympe de Gouges

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Declaration of the rights of women and the female citizeness

Question 24

Robespierre

Answer 24

Committee of public safety

Question 25

Galileo

Answer 25

Supported the heliocentric model and improved the telescope