| A | B |
|---|
| Nicolaus Copernicus | Developed Heliocentric Theory |
| Galileo Galilei | Used the telescope to support heliocentric theory |
| Johannes Kepler | discovered planetary motion |
| Isaac Newton | Formulated the Law of Gravity |
| William Harvey | Discovered the circulation of blood |
| Systematic Observation of Nature | Emphasized by the Scientific Revolution |
| Scientific Method | Formulated during the Scientific Revolution |
| Scientific Knowledge | Expanded during the Scientific Revolution |
| Scientific Revolution | with its emphasis on reasoned observation and systematic measurement, the __________ changed the way people viewed the world and their place in it |
| Age of Absolutism | takes its name from a series of European monarchs who increased the power of their central governments |
| Characteristics of absolute monarchies | Centralization of power and rule by divine right |
| Divine Right | Kings are empowered by God to rule over people |
| Absolute monarch in France | Louis XIV |
| Louis XIV's symbol of royal power | Palace of Versailles |
| Absolute Monarch in Russia | Peter the Great |
| Peter the Great | Westernized Russia |
