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What is the meaning of mercantile?

• The word is related to commerce or trade.

• The idea that knowledge is gained through reason and thinking.

What is rationalism?

• The idea that knowledge is gained through reason and thinking.

•  Rebirth

What does the word Renaissance mean?

•  Rebirth

• A scientific conclusion that planets revolved around the sun, not the Earth

What was the heliocentric theory?

• A scientific conclusion that planets revolved around the sun, not the Earth

• Copernicus

Who developed the heliocentric theory?

• Copernicus

• He wanted to see if objects of different weights fall at the same speed.

What was Galileo’s purpose when he dropped two stones from the Tower of Pisa?

• He wanted to see if objects of different weights fall at the same speed.

• He used experimentation to test his theory rather than relying on authority or guesswork.

How is Galileo’s experiment an example of the new methods developed during the Scientific Revolution?

• He used experimentation to test his theory rather than relying on authority or guesswork.

• They were a powerful Florentine banking family. They became patrons of the arts.

Who were the Medici?

• They were a powerful Florentine banking family. They became patrons of the arts.

• They was anger about Church practices, such as the sale of special goods (not necessary goods, but treats). 

What role did the Medics play in the development of the Renaissance?

• They was anger about Church practices, such as the sale of special goods (not necessary goods, but treats). 

• It helped to increase literacy and allowed ideas to be more easily transmitted. It helped spread new ideas and gave people access to ideas that authorities were trying to suppress (keep from them).

What was the impact of the printing press?

• It helped to increase literacy and allowed ideas to be more easily transmitted. It helped spread new ideas and gave people access to ideas that authorities were trying to suppress (keep from them).

• The scientific method