Unit 1: Scientific Revolution Vocabulary

Ideologies

A set of beliefs held by a group, that influences the way they behave

Political

Connected with the government

Economic

Related to trade, business, and development of wealth

Social

Related to society and how it is organized

Reason

The power of the mind to think in a logical way

Revolution

a great change in conditions that effects large numbers of people

Scientific Revolution

Major change in European thought in the mid-1500s, led to the study of the world through careful observation and questioning of accepted beliefs.