Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment Study Guide

A major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs, strayed away from the Catholic Church

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

Belief that earth is the center of the universe

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Method

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

Belief that the Sun is the center of the universe

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

A process used to to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.

• Scientific Revolution

• Social Contract

• Scientific Method

• Enlightened Despots

French scholar who used reason – logic and math – to prove basic truths

• Rene Descartes

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

Polish astronomer who recognized the inaccuracy of the geocentric theory; his complete model of the solar system supported the heliocentric theory

• Rene Descartes

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars and supported heliocentric theory, stood trial for heresy

• Rene Descartes

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

British scientist who defined the laws of motion, discovered gravity

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Rene Descartes

an intellectual and educational movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly

• Scientific Revolution

• Scientific Method

• Enlightenment

• Social Contract

An agreement between the people and their government: people give up some of their personal freedoms, government provides peace order and safety

• Scientific Revolution

• Social Contract

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Method