AP CH.14 Quiz

Only woman allowed in the Royal Society of London, wrote "Grounds of Natural Philosophy"

Wrote "Discourse on Method", said "I think, therefore I am"...deductive reasoning advocate

Stated our mind, at birth, was a blank slate...Tabula Rasa

Model of the universe with the sun as the center

The compilation of a large amount of astrological data was the contribution of:

Wrote Leviathan, which justified an absolutist government.

Descartes divided the world into 2 categories: Mind and...

Women of what class had the most freedom to pursue new sciences?

John Locke believed in:

Scientific experimentation through observation

Querelles de femmes brought the question and status of women and what?

Enlightenment economic philosopher that wrote " Wealth of Nations"

Activities in nature are the result of the parts not the whole

The theory that states knowledge comes from sensory experiences and observation

Philosopher who believed in finding truth through observation, said bible and nature have same author

German astronomer, was the first woman to study the conjunction of Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus

Banned and put on house arrest, found spots on the sun and mountains on the moon

Earth centered universe

Generalizations derived from and test hypothesis against empirical observations

Discovered laws of gravity and the basics of physics and said the universe/world was compared to a clock or a machine

The standard model of the universe(geocentric) was a combination of Ptolemy and

Galileo and others believed aspects of nature were best described in:

London school based on scientific discovery

18th century socio-political movement, focused on religious toleration and political liberty

Was able to last until the 18th century due to social paranoia

German Astronomer who created a more "elliptical" path of the planets

Wrote "On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres", Heliocentric advocate...

Which is NOT something used to characterize the Scientific Revolution?

Theory based on the transformation of matter, and turning base metals into gold.

Founded the study of the circulation of blood through the heart.