Unit 1: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment CA

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People in a society give up some of their freedoms in exchange for protection of their natural rights.

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Social Contract

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This Scientific Revolution astronomer challenged the church's long-held beliefs about the universe and its center.

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Galileo

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Denis Diderot edited and perfected the Encyclopedie, the first book that attempted to contain all information available to man which was made possible by...

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the Printing Press

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French writer who believed in freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and the separation of church and state.

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Voltaire

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Adam Smith theorized about Laissez-Faire and market forces such as _________ and _________ controlling prices within an economy.

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Supply and Demand

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Copernicus theorized about a sun-centered model of the universe, or ___________, when he created his model showing the Earth and all planets travelling around the sun.

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Heliocentrism

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John Locke believed people were born with certain rights than no-one could take away. Examples of these are...

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Life, liberty, property

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The time period when philosophers used science and reason to explain the physical world around them, creating new theories in math, physics, astronomy, biology, and chemistry.

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Scientific Revolution

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Life, liberty, property are examples of....

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natural rights

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This thinker believed in the separation of powers within a government.

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Montesquieu