AP European History Exam Review Identification and Terms 2025/2026
Scientific Revolution - Answer>> advances in the
knowledge of how nature works, included new
discoveries and solved ancient problems, moved
knowledge from uncertainty to uncertainty, came in
the fields of physics, astronomy, and medicine
alchemy - Answer>> the belief that matter could be
understood and transformed by mixing substances
and using secret formulas, a famous alchemist was
Paracelsus, who said that metals as well as plants
might have medicinal properties
Vesalius - Answer>> influenced anatomy and
astronomy, wrote The Structure of the Human Body,
member of the Padua faculty, pointed out errors in
the work of Galen, he used dessections to produce
anatomical descriptions that opened a new era of
careful observation and experimentation in the study
of bodies, influenced anatomy to move to a new
level
Copernicus - Answer>> wrote On the Revolutions of
the Heavenly Spheres, said that the calculations of
planetary movements of Ptolemy were way too
complex but Copernicus's were also complex, he
believed in the heliocentric theory, which said the
sun is the center of the universe, Polish, successors
found his calculations to be indespensable, ideas
became a part of inellectual discussion, influenced
the creation of the Gregorian calendar, the scholarly
community argued over the certainty of Copernicus's
ideas