6th Grade World History - Chapter 9 - Vocabulary

Louis XIV

• The 17th & 18th centuries in Europe
• A Greek physician who was also known as the Father of Medicine
• Mathematician who wrote Elements and was also known as the Father of Geometry
• French king who was one of the most successful monarchs of his time

Maria Theresa

• Set limits on royal power, granted the English people basic civil liberties, & prevented future rulers from being Roman Catholics (1688)
• Monarch of Austria (r. 1740-80)
• Signed the English Bill of Rights in 1689 in exchange for the English throne
• Presented his view that the earth revolved around the sun, not the sun around the earth.

Oliver Cromwell

• Scientist who stated that the body is mostly chemicals and should be treated with chemicals
• Led Parliament's army against the king's forces & defeated them
• Belief that the path of truth is through human reason
• Set limits on royal power, granted the English people basic civil liberties, & prevented future rulers from being Roman Catholics (1688)

Glorious Revolution

• The 17th & 18th centuries in Europe
• Set limits on royal power, granted the English people basic civil liberties, & prevented future rulers from being Roman Catholics (1688)
• Led Parliament's army against the king's forces & defeated them
• Change of power in England in 1688 without resorting to war

William & Mary

• Believed that rationalism was insufficient and argued in favor of empiricism
• The 17th & 18th centuries in Europe
• Belief that the path of truth is through human reason
• Signed the English Bill of Rights in 1689 in exchange for the English throne

English Bill of Rights

• Discovered concepts that have become known as the laws of gravity and motion
• Set limits on royal power, granted the English people basic civil liberties, & prevented future rulers from being Roman Catholics (1688)
• A weakened form of a disease exposed to a person on purpose to prevent his getting a serious form of the disease
• The 17th & 18th centuries in Europe

cabinet

• A Greek physician who was also known as the Father of Medicine
• Set limits on royal power, granted the English people basic civil liberties, & prevented future rulers from being Roman Catholics (1688)
• Led Parliament's army against the king's forces & defeated them
• System of representative government that developed in England

Age of Reason

• A philosophy that advocates a society that is free from religion
• A weakened form of a disease exposed to a person on purpose to prevent his getting a serious form of the disease
• Englishman who developed a vaccine for smallpox
• The 17th & 18th centuries in Europe

Hippocrates

• Believed that rationalism was insufficient and argued in favor of empiricism
• Change of power in England in 1688 without resorting to war
• Led Parliament's army against the king's forces & defeated them
• A Greek physician who was also known as the Father of Medicine

Euclid

• Signed the English Bill of Rights in 1689 in exchange for the English throne
• Englishman who developed a vaccine for smallpox
• Mathematician who wrote Elements and was also known as the Father of Geometry
• Used the newly invited telescope for his observations