Chapter 16 SECTION ONE: -Who were three major Greek scientists that inspired 16th century Europeans? What/ fields were great scientific advancements made that these scientists represented? Aristotle in physics‚ Ptolemy in astronomy‚ and Galen in medicine. -Why did European scientists have to make adjustment to ancient theories? Scientists did not want to abandon theories. Rather‚ they adjusted them. They were forced to do this because they began to notice things that contradicted ancient theories
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Alex Marshall DBQ Essay AP World History Green Revolution The Green Revolution was the world’s introduction to modern agricultural and a time of vast improvements in the world’s fight against hunger. New technologies such as High Yield Variety seeds‚ chemical fertilizer‚ and agricultural machinery led this revolution and are still a big part of the way we produce food for the world today. The Green Revolution was a savior do many small developing
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Asta Vaughn AP World History February 5‚ 2015 Period 5 Industrial Revolution DBQ The Industrial Revolution was the turning point of the 19th century‚ which paved the way for many of today’s modern machines and technologies. Notable advances during the Industrial revolution include steam powered engines‚ the telegraph‚ and the telephone. However‚ human operated machines for producing cloth ade the process of producing textile much more efficient‚ and
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"The Revolution was affected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people...This radical change in the principles‚ sentiments‚ and affections of the people was the real American Revolution." Explain the meaning of this 1818 statement by John Adams (referring to the Revolutionary era) and assess its validity. Philosophical words‚ Once Again In a letter to Hezekiah Niles on February 3rd of 1818 John Adams‚ once again‚ spoke his mighty‚ philosophical words
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A revolution is a serious event that forever changes the country and it’s people forever. Revolutions can change the politics‚ economy‚ military‚ and the people. It can range from a protest to an all out war which is what took place in the colonies. The American Revolution changed everything about the colonies. It made us what we are today. The Revolution changed all aspects of the colonies‚ showing how intense it was. The colonies were tired of being used by the British for money. They wanted
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Empire 2. World trade became fundamental to the European economy a. Sugar became the most important commodity produced in the Atlandtic trade; tobacco‚ cotton and indigo b. Spain and Portugal revitalized their empires B. Commercial Revolution (A shift from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic) i. causes ii. The key development in the period was the growth in population. This significant population expansion was very important for economic productivity in an age in which manpower
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Scientific Revolution When I attended middle school after I immigrated from China‚ I could not acclimate to the strange environment: school systems and textbooks in English. Everyone around me spoke English fluently. I thought I succeeded with English in China; however‚ I lost all of my confidence when I went to school. My science teacher‚ Mrs. H. provided me a thick textbook. I tried to catch up with the other kids. However‚ I realized I could not understand much of the content. A helpless feeling
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Garrett Eugair AP European History Chapter 14: New Directions in Thought and Culture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Notes Nicolaus Copernicus Rejects an Earth-Centered Universe Biographical information Polish priest and scientist educated at the University of Krakow wrote On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres in 1543 Commissioned to find astronomical justification so that the papacy could change the calendar so that it could correctly calculate the date of Easter‚ Copernicus’s
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The "Scientific Revolution" refers to historical changes in thought & belief‚ to changes in social & institutional organization‚ that unfolded in Europe between roughly 1550-1700; beginning with Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543)‚ who asserted a heliocentric (sun-centered) cosmos‚ it ended with Isaac Newton (1642-1727)‚ who proposed universal laws and a Mechanical Universe. (“Scientific Revolution”) The scientific revolution helped lay the foundation to modern science by what started with science and
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classical culture; criticized the Church. 3. Fresco: the art or technique of painting on a moist‚ plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture 4. Humanism: a variety of ethical theory and practice that emphasizes reason‚ scientific inquiry‚ and human fulfillment in the natural world and often rejects the importance of belief in God. 5. Johannes Gutenberg: a German blacksmith who introduced modern book printing 6. Leonardo Da Vinci: Italian Renaissance artist that painted
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