World History Vocabulary

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  1. 2. The idea that there is a God, but that God is not involved in people's lives
  2. 3. British feminist of the eighteenth century who argued for women's equality with men
  3. 4. the idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.
  4. 7. a belief held by Enlightenment thinkers that truth could be discovered through reason or logical thinking.
  5. 10. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars
  6. 11. one of the 18th century European monarchs who was inspired by Enlightenment ideas to rule justly and respect the rights of subjects
  7. 13. The idea that Earth was the center of the universe.
  8. 14. French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers
  9. 17. one of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment
  10. 21. empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia and greatly expanded Russia
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  1. 1. A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
  2. 5. an 18th century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society
  3. 6. relating to a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music, and architecture in the 1600s and early 1700s
  4. 8. the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights
  5. 9. English mathematician and scientist- invented differential calculus and formulated the theory of universal gravitation, a theory about the nature of light, and three laws of motion.
  6. 12. A major change in European thought, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.
  7. 15. relating to a simple, elegant style that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s
  8. 16. 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings
  9. 18. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment
  10. 19. believed people in their natural state were basically good but that they were corrupted by the evils of society
  11. 20. Informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas