History Chapter 18

What was the Pugachev Rebellion of 1773

An insurrection of the serfs against Catherine the Great

The first great departure from the Aristotelian view of the universe came from

Nicolaus Copernicus

The Copernican hypothesis that the earth rotated around the sun drew the sharpest criticism from

Protestants

In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke claimed that

all human development is determined by experience

As a result of Pugachev's rebellion, Catherine II

gave the nobles more power over their serfs

According to Galen's theory of the four humors, bodily illness was caused by

imbalance between the humors

The Enlightenment idea that societies could be made better is known as the belief in

progress

Rousseau thought that women

should stay at home and take care of the children

According to the Aristotelian view of the universe,

the earth was motionless

Copernicus's theory of the universe

was not published until the last year of his life