Analyze and interpret the major eras and important turning points in world history from the age of enlightenment to the present, to develop an understanding of the complexity of the human experience:
3. Explain and analyze revolutions (e.g., democratic, scientific, technological, social) as they evolved throughout the enlightenment and their enduring effects on political, economic and cultural institutions, to include:
a. Copernican view of the universe and Newton’s natural laws;
b. tension and cooperation between religion and new scientific discoveries;
c. impact of Galileo’s ideas and the introduction of the scientific method as a means of understanding the universe;
d. events and ideas that led to parliamentary government (English civil war, glorious revolution);
NCSS Id compare and analyze societal patterns for preserving and transmitting culture while adapting to environmental or social change;
NCSS IIb apply key concepts such as time, chronology, causality, change, conflict, and complexity to explain, analyze, and show connections among patterns of historical change and continuity;
NCSS IIc identify and describe significant historical periods and patterns of change within and across cultures, such as the development of ancient cultures and civilizations, the rise of nations-states, and social, economic, and political revolutions;
NCSS Vc describe the various forms institutions take, and explain how they develop and change over time;
NCSS VIb explain the purpose of government and analyze how its powers are acquired, used, and justified;
NCSS VIc analyze and explain ideas and mechanisms to meet needs and wants of citizens, regulate territory, manage conflict, establish order and security, and balance competing conceptions of a just society;
NCSS VIIIb make judgments about how science and technology have transformed the physical world and human society and our understanding of time, space, place, and human-environment interactions;
NCSS VIIg compare basic economic systems according to how rules and procedure deal with demand, supply, prices, the role of government, banks, labor and labor unions, savings and investments, and capital;
NCSS IXa explain how language, art, music, belief systems, and other cultural elements can facilitate global understanding or cause misunderstanding;
Science and Technology
The Scientific Revolution began when astronomers question how the universe operate by shattering long-held views these astronomers open a new world of discovery.
Power and authority
The thinkers of Enlightenment challenge old ideas about power and authority. Such new ways of thinking led to, among other things, the American Revolution.
Revolution
Between the 16th and 18th centuries are a series of revolutions help to usher in the modern era in Western history. Revolutions in both thought and action forever change European and American society.
revolution
social class
population
rural
transportation
natural resources
labor
supply
demand
Abuses
Astronomy
Boycott
Hypothesis
Intellectual
Law of gravity
reformed
Repeal
Take back a law
Serfdom
Vaccination
Violated
The use of a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas is known as
(A)the scientific method
(B)heliocentrism
(C)geocentrism
(D)an experiment
Efforts to apply the scientific method to society created the movement called
(A)the Scientific Revolution
(B)the social contract
(C)the Enlightenment
(D)the Reformation
An idea found in the writings of both Locke and Rousseau is
(A)the social contract
(B)government by popular consent
(C)the natural goodness of people
(D)the rights of women
In contrast to the baroque style, the artistic styles of the late 1700s emphasized
(A)order and simplicity
(B)drama and grandeur
(C)richness of color
(D)elaborate imagery
The system of checks and balances in the United States federal government was derived from the ideas of
(A)Locke
(B)Voltaire
(C)Rousseau
(D)Montesquieu
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