Chappter 22 Enlightenment and Revolution

The use of a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas is known as

• the scientific method

• heliocentrism

• geocentrism

• an experiment

The belief that the stars, the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

• Ptolomy Theory

• Suncentric Theory

The English scientist who discovered the law of universal gravitation.

• Kepler

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

A type of social critic in France who believed that people could apply reason to all aspects of life.

• Philosophe

• Scientist

• Priest

• Monk

A social gathering for intellectuals and artists, often hosted by wealthy Parisian women.

• Salon

• Convention

• Party

• University

A monarch who made reforms under the influence of Enlightenment ideas.

• Enlightened despot

• Absolut Monarch

• Philosophe

• Constitutional Monarch

The document in which American colonists asserted their right to free themselves from British rule.

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Social Contract

A system of government in which power is divided between national and state governments.

• Federal System

• Division of Powers

• Parlament

• House of Commons

A new way of thinking about the world, based on observation and the questioning of old beliefs (mid-1500s)

• Enlightenment

• Rationalism

• Despotism

• Liberalism

He built a telescope to view the stars and planets; the Church accused him of heresy for his scientific ideas.

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Kepler