History of Europe Questions
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The new scientific method of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries relied on what?
Who wrote the phrase, "I think, therefore I am"?
Where was Earth in Ptolemy's and Copernicus's conceptions of the universe?
Who discovered the universal law of gravity?
The appreciation of the basic worth of a person's achievements is a characteristic of ______________.
What document did Martin Luther nail to the Church in Wittenburg?
The Renaissance was a reawakening of interest in the _______________ and _____________ culture.
Which scientists completely mapped the circulation of blood through the body?
This is the Church Court that created the Index of Forbidden Books.
This family were patrons of the arts and helped finance the Renaissance.
What were the techniques the Inquisition used to interrogate and intimidate people?
During the Renaissance the questioning of traditional beliefs contributed to the____________________.
Who developed the Theory of Gravity and used mathematical equations?
This person was tried by the Inquisition because his theory of a moving universe contradicted the Church's belief that the heavens were fixed and perfect.
Emile du Chatelet translated Newton's work from latin into french helping stimulate interest in science in France
_______ introduced the vaccine to prevent smallpox
Rousseau, fought for freedom of speech, tolerance,reason. He often used satire against his opponents
______ Described the universe as a giant clock were all its parts worked together perfectly and that could be expressed mathematically
_________ recorded the movement of the planets for many years, producing data just by observation.
Montesquieu, argued that civilization corrupted people's natural goodness. "Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains ", he wrote