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Enlightenment Review

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    Review for Enlightenment Exam
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  • What is Geocentric Theory?
    Belief that the Earth is the center of the universe.
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  • What conclusion did Copernicus reach about the heavens?
    The Earth rotates around the Sun.
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  • How was Heliocentric Theory created?
    Through observation and mathematics.
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  • Why did Copernicus wait to publish his writings?
    He was afraid of the response from the Church.
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  • What was Galileo's first book called?
    Starry Messenger
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  • How did Galileo's trail for blasphemy end?
    He confessed that his ideas were false.
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  • What is the force that Newton believed applied to all objects on Earth and in space according to their size and distance apart?
    Gravity.
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  • What did Newton believe had caused the Earth to work in such perfect order?
    God
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  • What did Zacharias Janssen invent?
    Microscope
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  • What was invented by Gabriel Fahrenheit?
    Thermometer
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  • How id Andreas Vesalius help our scientific understanding of Anatomy?
    He wrote a book detailing the organs, muscles, and bones of the body.
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  • What is inoculation?
    Giving someone a small dose of a disease to allow their immune system to fight it.
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  • What did the Enlightenment stress that people use to solve their problems?
    Logic and Reason
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  • What is Hobbes opinion on government and law?
    A strong king needs power in order to maintain peace.
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  • What is the social contract according to Hobbes?
    Agreement to give up freedom in exchange for law and order.
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  • What are Locke's natural rights?
    life, liberty, property.
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