Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Vocabulary Review

An approach to scientific investigation using reason, observation, and experimentation to test a hypothesis.

• natural rights
• rationalism
• scientific method
• geocentric theory

The idea that people should use reasons to understand the world.

• natural rights
• rationalism
• scientific method
• geocentric theory

The rights that all people are born with, such as the rights to life, liberty, and property.

• natural rights
• rationalism
• scientific method
• geocentric theory

The belief that the Earth is the center of the universe.

• natural rights
• rationalism
• scientific method
• geocentric theory

German astronomer who supported the heliocentric theory and proved planets in our solar system follow elliptical orbits.

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Johannes Kepler
• Rene Descartes
• Sir Isaac Newton

Polish astronomer who formulated the heliocentric theory.

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Johannes Kepler
• Rene Descartes
• Sir Isaac Newton

French philosopher who supported rationalism and found truth in "I think, therefore I am".

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Johannes Kepler
• Rene Descartes
• Sir Isaac Newton

English scientist who invented calculus and developed the theory of gravity.

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Johannes Kepler
• Rene Descartes
• Sir Isaac Newton

An 18th century movement applying reason to understand human nature.

• John Locke
• Enlightenment
• Galileo Galilei
• microscope

An 18th century philosopher who advocated natural rights and influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

• John Locke
• Enlightenment
• Galileo Galilei
• microscope