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Chapter 15 Names/Terms (AP World History) Flashcards

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8807107915Adam SmithScottish economist, philosopher, and author formulated economic laws0
8807114331Anabaptistsbaptized adults only; denied authority of local governments1
8807120751Francis BaconHelped develop the scientific method2
8807134098Cesare BeccariaItalian criminologist, philosopher, and politician3
8807140556Robert BoyleEstablished chemistry as a pure science4
8807167024John CalvinEstablished Calvinism5
8807170619Nicholas CopernicusPolish astronomer at the forefront of scientific revolution6
8807180998Rene DescartesInvented analytic geometry7
8807184901Denis DiderotCo-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the encyclopedia8
8807202554Galileo GalilieImproved the telescope and created the pendulum clock9
8807217524Guru NanakFounded Sikhism which blended Islam and Hinduism10
8807416148William Harveyconcluded about blood circulation11
8807422052Henry VIIIKing from 1509-1547, had 6 wives12
8807433340Thomas HobbesWrote the Leviathan; thought absolute monarchy was the best form of government13
8807443444Johannes KeplerUsed math to show planets revolved around the sun (demonstrated elliptical orbits of the planets)14
8807456734John LockeThought people are naturally reasonable and moral. People have natural rights. Articulated ideas of constitutional government15
8807467371Marquis de Condorcet16
8807474578Martin LutherWrote 95 theses and started protestant reformation17
8807487222Mirabaia 16th century Hindu mystic poet and Bhakti saint18
8807501714MontesquieuPromoted democracy and separation of powers19
8807514487Muhammad Ibn SaudFounder of the first Saudi state and Saudi dynasty20
8807522365Isaac Newtondeveloped laws of gravity the apogee of the scientific revolution21
8807524991Society of JesusScholarly religious congregation of the Catholic church. Committed to renewal and expansion22
8807534752Andreas VesaliusFlemish anatomist, physician and author of a book on human anatomy23
8807552958VoltaireWrote Candide, challenged the idea that all is for the best in the best of all worlds Wrote Treatise on Toleration, attacking the narrow particularism of organized religion24
8807581465Wang YangmingScholar that argued that truth and moral knowledge are innate in humans Said anyone can achieve a virtuous life by introspection25
8807618244Mary WolstonecraftEnglish writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights26
8807626548Jean-Jaques Rosseauthought man was born free27
8807631206PtolemyRoman mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek anthology28
8838350104Sigmund Freudhad the theories that everyone has a primal impulse towards sexuality and aggression29

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