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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