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Advanced Placement European History

AP Euro Chapter 14

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Ptolemy- (1517?) Created geocentric system; universe revolves around the Earth, moving ? enclosed spheres, with heaven on the outside. Copernicus- Came up with the idea of a heliocentric universe, accounted for many problems ? with the Ptolemaic System. Brahe- Recorded extensive amounts of astronomical observations and data, constructed ? scientific instruments. Kepler- Brahe?s assistant believed in heliocentric universe, used his data to find evidence of ? Copernicus? theory; found that orbits of start and planets were elliptical, not circular. Galileo- Looked into space with a telescope, found further evidence of a heliocentric universe, ? made knowledge of the theory more widespread and popular, argued that everything

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1450-1560: Renaissance, Reformation, Exploration Chambers, Chapters 12, 13, and 14. Sherman, Chapters 1, 2, and 3. Primary sources: Transcript of the Marburg Colloqu; Erasmus, ?In Praise of Folly?. Terms: Humanism- Intellectual movement during Renaissance that turned to Classical scholarship. Encouraged sense of self and human values instead of divine concerns alone. Looks back to Roman and Greek eras. Encouraged education with grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry and philosophy. Scholasticism- Changed in the 15th and 16th centuries: formerly the belief that reason could create a philosophy connecting and understanding all truths and conflicts. More people started doubting human reason. Became more focused on analysis.
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