MidAges, Renaissance, Reformation, Sci Revolution FLASHCARDS

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Middle Ages

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A time when most things were viewed through a religious lens. Church held great authority.

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Geocentric Theory

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Earth is the center of the universe and everything revolves around it.

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Renaissance

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"rebirth" in learning and the arts.

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Martin Luther

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A German monk who criticized the practices of the church and started the Reformation.

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Scientific Revolution

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Replaced old assumptions with new theories through observation and experimentation.

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Astronomer who proposed a Sun centered (heliocentric) theory.

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Heliocentric Theory

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Theory that the Sun is the center of the universe and everything revolves around it.

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Galileo Galilei

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First astronomer to use a telescope to study the stars and helped prove Copernicus' heliocentric theory.

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Francis Bacon

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Encouraged scientists to conduct experiments and draw conclusions.

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Johannes Kepler

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Proved Copernicus' theory true and also that the earth moved in an elliptical orbit not a circular one.