Unit 5 Descriptive Logs

Heliocentric Theory
1. the sun is the center of the universe
2. Copernicus presented a full mathematical model of the theory
3. became the center of major religious dispute
4. states some or all of the planets revolve around the sun
5. Nicolaus Copernicus was the person who thought of this theory


Galileo
1. he was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher
2. played a major role in the scientific revolution
3. improved the telescope
4. he supported Copernicus
5. studied accelerated motion


Enlightenment
1. 18th century movement in European and American philosophy
2. emphasized the use of reason and experience
3. movement of intellectual liberation
4. had major influence on Bill of Rights and Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
5. influenced socialism and anarchism


Absolute Monarch
1. monarchical form of government
2. has power to rule his or her land or country and its citizens freely
3. has some laws or legally-organized direct opposition in force
4. has power over aristocracy and clergy
5. some have powerless or symbolic parliaments


Louis XIV
1. ruled as King of France and of Navarre
2. acceded the throne in 1643
3. remained on the throne until his death in 1715
4. acceded the throne a few months after his 5th birthday
5. he reign spanned 72 years


French Revolution
1. 1789 - 1799
2. a period of political and social unheaval in political history of France and Europe
3. absolute monarchy underwent many changes based on Enlightenment principles
4. the changes resulted in violent turmoil
5. Napoleonic wars resulted in the revolution


Napoleon Bonaparte
1. a french military and political leader
2. had significant impact on modern European history
3. he was a general during the French Revolution
4. Mediator of the Swiss Confederation
5. Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine


Industrial Revolution
1. period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
2. agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation had effect on socioeconomic
3. had effect on cultural conditions in Britain as well
4. spread throughout Europe and North America
5. eventually spread throughout the world


Adam Smith
1. a Scottish moral philosopher
2. a pioneering political economist
3. wrote two treatises
4. his work helped create the modern academic discipline of economics
5. one of the best-known intellectual rationales for free trade, capitalism and libertarianism


Karl Marx
1. 19th century philosopher, political economist and revolutionary
2. addressed a wide range of political and social issues
3. famous for his analysis of history
4. believed capitalism will be displaced by communism
5. he was a scholar and a political activist


Imperialism
1. forceful extension of a nation's authority
2. territorial conquest establishing economic and political domination
3. control of one or more countries by a dominant nation
4. policy of systematic domination by one country to another country
5. indicates a degree of dependence in the subordinate


Nationalism
1. refers to doctrine or political movement
2. has the right to constitute an independent or autonomous political community
3. usually defined in terms of ethnicity or culture
4. devoting the the interests or culture of one's nation
5. belief that nations will benefit from acting independently