The Scientific Revolution Flashcards

Terms & Names

290447243	Scientific Revolution	New way of thinking about the natural world.	0
290447244	Nicolaus Copernicus	After studying planetary movements for more than 25 years, Coperenicus reasoned that indeed, the stars, the earth, and the other planets revolved around the sun.	1
290447245	Heliocentric Theory	The thought that sun was the center of the earth.	2
290447246	Johannes Kepler	Proved that the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits instead of circles, as was previously thought.	3
290447247	Galileo Galilei	Found that a falling object accelerates at a fixed and predictable rate.	4
290447248	Scientific Method	Logical procedure of gathering and testing ideas.	5
290447249	Francis Bacon	Created the Experimental Method	6
290447250	Rene Descartes	Believed that everything should be doubted till proved by reason.	7
290447251	Isaac Newton	Every object in the universe attracts every other object.	8
299430918	Luddites	a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811-16)organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.	9
299430919	Capitalism	an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.	10
299430920	Laissez Faire Economics	One of the guiding principles of capitalism, this doctrine claims that an economic system should be free from government intervention or moderation, and be driven only by the market force.	11
299430921	Free Enterprise system	Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for a private profit.	12
299430922	wealth of Nations	is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith.	13
299430923	Malthus and Ricardo	Ricardo-His theory that landlords enriched themselves at the expense of society led him to campaign tirelessly in Parliament and in print for free trade. Malthus-A Classical economist, he startled early 19th century society with his pessimistic prediction that population growth would exceed food supply, condemning mankind to misery.	14
299430924	Factory Act 1833	an attempt to establish a normal working day in a single department of industry, textile manufacture	15
299430925	Reform Act 1832	is sometimes known as the Great Reform Act, its impact was relatively minor in terms of those who could vote once the act was passed	16
299430926	Adam Smith	was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy	17