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| Name for the time period beginning in the 1500s where people started questioning commonly accepted scientific beliefs | |
| Belief that the Sun revolves around the Earth | |
| Belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun | |
| Polish astronomer who studied the movement of the planets and wrote 'On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies' | |
| Italian scientist who was put on trial by the Catholic Church for teaching things that went against their beliefs | |
| What the crime of teaching something against Church beliefs is called | |
| Way of coming up with answers in science. It involves forming a hypothesis, and then testing it. | |
| British scientist who made discoveries regarding how gravity works | |
| Intellectual movement where humans start giving credit to themselves and focus what they are capable of, rather than giving credit to God | |
| Time period where great thinkers in Europe stressed reason, thought, and democracy | |
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| Title given to the great thinkers of the time period in the 1700s (hint: it's a French word) | |
| Great thinker who believed that all humans had natural rights that they were entitled to | |
| The thinker in #12 believed natural rights were 'life, ___________ and property' | |
| Thinker who said 'I do not agree with a word you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.' | |
| Thinker who believed in a government where different groups have the ability to limit power | |
| Term used to describe the system of government where there are different groups that have the ability to limit governmental power (hint: the United States uses this government toda | |
| European society adopted a more non-religious, or ___________ outlook during this time period | |
| Rulers during the time period who believed they had total control over their country and didn't have to answer to anyone (hint: Louis XIV is a good example) | |
| Term used to describe government leaders who bought into the new governmental ideas of the 1700's | |
| Type of government favored by most great thinkers of the time period | |
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