Honors World History - Topic 13 Vocab

Magna Carta

British document of 1215 that declared the king was subject to the rule of law.

Parliament

British governing body that worked with the king until the Glorious Revolution.

William Shakespeare

Playwright in the 16th century. Wrote famous comedies, histories and tragedies.

John Locke

Philosopher whose ideas influenced the Declaration of Independence.

Isaac Newton

He invented physics and calculus.

Galileo Galilei

First European to make regular observations of the planets with a telescope.

Francis Bacon

Developed the scientific method using inductive reasoning.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Argued the earth was not the center of the universe which contradicted the teachings of the Catholic Church.

Geocentric

Earth centered.

Heliocentric

Sun centered.

Scientific method

Systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence.

Renaissance

Shift from mystical explanations to scientific explanations 16th-18th centuries.