APEURO: Unit 4

A scientific pursuit in the 17th century focused on transforming matter, seeking to find the philosopher's stone and discover the secrets of transmutation.

• Alchemy
• Rationalism
• Enlightenment
• Genetic Engineering
• Nationalism

A scientific belief during the 17th century that used celestial bodies to explain events and characteristics in the world.

• Astrology

• Laissez-faire

• Genetic Engineering

• Free Trade

• Interventionism

A belief during the 17th century that acknowledged the existence of a higher being but suggested that this being does not intervene in the universe.

• Deism

• Index of Prohibited Books

• Theism

• Agnosticism

• Anarchism

A book published in 1751 that aimed to gather and disseminate comprehensive knowledge for the advancement of society. Denis Diderot was influential in its creation.

• The Encyclopedie

• The Wealth of Nations

• The Communist Manifesto

• Das Kapital

• Two Treatises on Civil Government

An intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries that promoted reason, scientific inquiry, and human progress, influencing various aspects of Western thought.

• Enlightenment

• Romanticism

• Modernism

• Impressionism

• Postmodernism

The application of Enlightenment principles to governance during the 18th century, attempting to combine absolute monarchy with progressive reforms.

• Enlightened Absolutism

• Perestroika

• Bourgeois Regime

• Despotism

• Appeasement

The model of the solar system discovered by Copernicus, describing Earth's orbit around the stationary Sun.

• Heliocentric Universe

• Quantum Mechanics

• Geocentric Universe

• Gallilean Model

• Surrealism

An artistic movement from the 1760s to the 1840s that sought inspiration from the classical art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.

• Neoclassicism

• Baroque Art

• Surrealism

• Modernism

• Romanticism

The idea that the government's authority comes from the consent of the people, prevalent in the United States and later spreading elsewhere.

• Popular Sovereignty
• Capital
• Humanism
• Market Economy
• Fascism

The belief that actions should be guided by reason and logic rather than emotions and religious faith.

• Rationalism

• Post Structuralism

• Surrealism

• Modernism

• Romanticism