SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION & ENLIGHTENMENT VOCABULARY

Method of acquiring knowledge; step-by-step process of testing a hypothesis

• Scientific theory

• Sociopathic triad

• Scientific method

• Method of undetermined coefficients

Proposed explanation; starting point for an experiment

• Heliocentric theory

• Scientific method

• Hydrolysis

• Hypothesis

Rights that are not dependent on laws or customs of another culture

• Rights of freedom

• Natural rights

• Natural laws

• Political rights

This painting represents a...

• Club

• Salon

• Debate

• Conference

What is an astronomer?

• Someone who studies landscapes

• Someone who studies books

• Someone who studies the stars and planets

• Someone who studies history

The scientific method is a procedure for...

• following teachings of Aristotle

• navigation and discovery

• creating new inventions

• gathering and testing ideas

What does a barometer measure?

• temperature

• centimeters

• air pressure

• pollution

Kepler's most famous theory (now law) was that the planets travel in this kind of orbit around the sun...

• Circular (Perfect Circles)

• Elliptical (Oval-shaped)

• Irregular (Unpredictable)

• Triangular (Three points)

Natural Rights

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
• Life, Liberty, and Property
• Freedom
• Rights to say what we want, when we want to.

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire