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The root word helio means

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Sun

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The root word geo means

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Land

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The Heliocentric Theory is the belief that

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The sun is the center of the universe.

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The Geocentric Theory is the belief that

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The Earth is the center of the universe.

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Johannes Kepler proved that the Heliocentric Theory was correct using

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The telescope

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The Geocentric Theory of the universe that the Catholic Church believed in was first proposed by ancient ________ philosophers.

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Greek

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_________ came up with the Heliocentric Theory.

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Seventeenth-century scholars Galileo Galilei and René Descartes faced serious challenges to their scientific theories because their ideas

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contradicted traditional medieval European beliefs

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Which statement best describes the effects of the works of Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Sir Isaac Newton, and René Descartes? Options: The acceptance of traditional authority was strengthened. The scientific method was used to solve problems. Funding to education was increased by the English government. Interest in Greek and Roman drama was renewed

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The scientific method was used to solve problems.

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One way in which the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment were similar is that they encouraged the spread of new ideas.

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encouraged the spread of new ideas