Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

Polish astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Francis Bacon

this scientist proved Copernicus' theory that the sun was the center of the solar system; he has been called "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of science"

• Rene Descartes

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Francis Bacon

English scientist who formulated the law of gravitation that posited a universe operating in accord with natural law (1642-1727)

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Francis Bacon

a major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs

• Scientific Revolution

• Social Contract

• Enlightenment

• French Revolution

sun-centered model of the solar system

• Heliocentric Model

• Divine Right

• Monroe Doctrine

• Natural Rights

a series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions

• Scientific Method

• Middle Passage

• Popular Sovereignty

• Social Contract

a testable prediction, often implied by a theory

• Hypothesis

• Enlightenment

• Liberalism

• Emancipation

English scientist, philosopher and statesman who has been called the 'father of empiricism'; his scientific and philosophical works helped developed the scientific method during the Scientific Revolution

• Francis Bacon

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

"I think, therefore I am"; emphasized human reasoning as the best road to understanding

• Rene Descartes

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

believed people were generally bad and government should be big and powerful

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

• Francis Bacon