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AP World History Final Exam Review (Part 5): People Flashcards

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177274580GalileoItalian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars.
177274581Johannes KeplerGerman astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion.
177274582Isaac NewtonEnglish Scientist, 3 Laws of motion, Mathematics Principal of Natural Philosophy.
177274583John LockeEnglish empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience.
177274584VoltaireFrench, perhaps greatest Enlightenment thinker. Deist. Mixed glorification and reason with an appeal for better individuals and institutions. Wrote Candide. Believed enlightened despot best form of government.
177274585Louis XIVKing of France; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles.
177274586Czar Peter the GreatThe second Russian absolutist who made Russia more European and less Asia. Helped develop St. Petersburg into a major center for trade.
177274587Tokugawa IeyasuVassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; succeeded him as most powerful military figure in Japan; granted title of shogun and established Tokugawa Shogunate; established political unity in Japan.
177274588Commodore Matthew PerryOf the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa.
177274589Jean-Jacques RousseauA French philosopher who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy
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