History of Europe Questions

A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior.

This was an influential figure who helped development scientific thought by emphasizing the importance of empirical evidence and the induction of general scientific laws from testable observations.

government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

What was the distinct form of architecture in Mesopotamia?

This was a corrupt practice of the Medieval Catholic Church in which prestigious Church positions were sold.

This was an influential figure who developed the field of calculus and established several fundamental physical laws.

This is the historical term for the reinvigoration of Catholic fervor for individual spiritual experience, as well as an official denouncement of Protestantism.

This is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe.

What is the term used to describe when some social classes have more resources or power than others?

This was a justification for monarchial power in Ancient Mesopotamia in which the monarch was considered a messenger or communicator of the will of the gods.

This was an influential figure who confirmed the theories of Copernicus through observation on a refined telescope.

This was the Persian leader who founded and led the historically influential Persian Achaemenid Empire.

This was a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science in the 16th and 17th centuries, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, etc., transformed the views of society about nature.

This is a form of Christianity that originated with the 16th-century Reformation, a movement against what its followers perceived to be errors in the Catholic Church.

This was the world's first established written language in Sumer, established primarily to record grain storage and trade.

Galileo had to withdraw his theories about the Earth's rotation because

Who was one of the fathers of modern philosophy who deducted one unshakable truth, "I think; therefore, I am?"

What was the ancient Chinese dynasty that, during the 1st-century BCE, declared Confucianism as the official state philosophy.

This is a theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience. It emphasizes the role of observable, or otherwise experiential, evidence in the formation of ideas, rather than innate ideas or traditions.

This is a method which involves careful observation, applying rigorous skepticism about what is observed and formulating a hypothesis via induction; and refinement (or elimination) based on the experimental findings.