Renaissance, Reformation and Scientific Revolution

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One way in which the writers of the Renaissance were influenced by the writers of ancient Greece was that the Renaissance writers

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stressed the power of human reason

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What is one factor that contributed to the beginning of the Renaissance in Italian cities? Options: occupation by foreign powers, interaction with Latin America, surplus of porcelain from Japan, location near important trade routes

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location near important trade routes

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The printing press impacted 16th century Europe through

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the spread of ideas

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What was one ideal of Renaissance humanism? Options: training as a knight and practicing chivalry, obeying divine right monarchy and the church, living apart from the world and taking monastic vows, investigating areas of interest and fulfilling one’s potential

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investigating areas of interest and fulfilling one’s potential

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Which period in European history is most closely associated with Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and William Shakespeare?

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Renaissance

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17th-century scholar Galileo Galilei faced serious challenges to their scientific theories because his ideas contradicted traditional medieval Christian beliefs

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contradicted traditional medieval Christian beliefs

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The Heliocentric Model believes that

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Earth rotates on axis and orbits around the sun

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Which individual is correctly paired with an individual who further developed his ideas? Options: Pope Urban II → Martin Luther, Nicolaus Copernicus → Galileo Galilei, Hernando Cortez → Simón Bolívar, Louis XVI → Maximilien Robespierre

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Nicolaus Copernicus → Galileo Galilei

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Which pair of ideas were central to the Scientific Revolution?

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observation and experimentation

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Which statement about the Scientific Revolution in Europe is accurate? Options: The existence of natural laws was rejected. Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the universe. New ideas supported the geocentric theory of Ptolemy. The Bible was used to justify new scientific findings.

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Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the universe.