>Chapter 16 Study Guide
EXPLAIN WHY IT MATTERS
Put your reading into practice. Identify each term below, and then explain why it matters in Western history.
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| TERM | WHO OR WHAT & WHEN | WHY IT MATTERS |
| natural philosophy (p. 487) | ||
| Copernican hypothesis (p. 489) | ||
| experimental method (p. 491) | ||
| law of inertia (p. 491) | ||
| law of universal gravitation (p. 492) | ||
| empiricism (p. 494) | ||
| Cartesian dualism (p. 494) | ||
| Enlightenment (p. 497) | ||
| rationalism (p. 497) | ||
| philosophes (p. 499) | ||
| reading revolution (p. 502) | ||
| salon (p. 503) | ||
| rococo (p. 504) | ||
| public sphere (p. 504) | ||
| enlightened absolutism (p. 506) | ||
| cameralism (p. 507) | ||
| Haskalah (p. 512) |