Unit #5 Descriptive Logs

Heliocentric Theory
1.Astronomy
2.Solar system
3.The word has come from the Greek (Helios = Sun and kentron = Center).
4.Opposed to geocentrism
5. Copernicus presented a fully predictive mathematical model of a heliocentric system

Galileo
1.02/15/1564 – 01/08/1642
2.Italian Physicist
3.Mathematician
4.Astronomer
5.Philosopher

Enlightenment
1.Intellectual movement
2.The acquisition of new wisdom or understanding enabling clarity of perception.
3.The Enlightenment is said to end around the year 1800 and the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1804–15)
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Absolute Manarch
1.Rule by one person
2.King or Queen
3.Form of Govenrment
4.The monarch has the power to rule his or her land or country and its citizens freely, with no laws or legally organized direct opposition in force.
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Louis 14th
1.The Sun King
2.Took the throne on May 14, 1643
3.09/05/1638- 09/01/1715
4. King of France and of Navarre
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French Revolution
1.(1789–1799)
2.A period of political and social upheaval
3.France and Europe
4.Based on Enlightenment
5.These changes were accompanied by violent turmoil, including executions and repression during the Reign of Terror.


Napoleon Bonaparte
1.09/15/1769-05/05/1821
2.French military and political leader
3. Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français), King of Italy
4. Napoleonic Code
5.Born in Corsica and trained in mainland France as an artillery officer.

Industrial Revolution
1.Late 18th and early 19th centuries
2.Major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation
3.The development of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the 19th century
4.Spread throughout Western Europe and North America during the 19th century, eventually affecting most of the world.
5.It started with the mechanisation of the textile industries

Adam Smith
1.06/05/1723-07/17/1790
2.Scottish moral philosopher
3A major contributor to the modern perception of free market economics.
4."The Theory of Moral Sentiments" (1759)
5. "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" (1776)

Karl Marx
1.05/05/1818-03/14/1883
2.19th century philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary.
3.Most famous for his analysis of history
4.Marx believed that like all other socioeconomic systems, capitalism will be displaced by communism.
5.Called the father of communism

Imperialism
1.Forceful extension of a nation's authority by territorial conquest.
2.Imperialism is often autocratic
3.Found in the ancient histories of Rome, Greece.
4.Any instance of a greater power acting or being perceived to act at the expense of a lesser power.
5.not only describes colonial, territorial policies, but also describes economic dominance and influence.

Nationalism
1. Refers to a doctrine or political movement.
2.Usually defined in terms of ethnicity or culture.
3.Had an enormous influence on world history.
4.Nationalism is a form of universalism when it makes universal claims about how the world should be organized.
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