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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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    One way in which the writings of John Locke and of Baron de Montesquieu are similar is that they

    supported the idea of governments having limited powers

    resulted in the development of mercantile economic systems

    promoted the ideas of the Protestant Reformation

    strengthened the divine right claims of European monarchs

  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    The scientific theories developed by Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton resulted in

    challenges to the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church

    support for the Earth-centered theory of the universe

    confirmation of Darwin's theory of evolution

    a renewed interest in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    Base your answer on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.Diligent reader, in this work, which has just been created and published, you have the motions of the fixed stars and planets, as these motions have been reconstituted [reconstructed] on the basis of ancient as well as recent observations, and have moreover been embellished by new and marvelous hypotheses. You also have most convenient tables, from which you will be able to compute those motions with the utmost ease for any time whatever. Therefore buy, read, and enjoy [this work].Let no one untrained in geometry enter here.


    Source: Nicholas Copernicus of Torun, Six Books on the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres


    In this passage, Copernicus states that he accomplished his work by

    excluding the teachings of ancient societies

    combining old and new observations

    questioning the principles of the scientific method

    denying the importance of geometry

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