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Before the scientific revolution, scholars would referred to who or what for their and answers

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Ancient Romans, Greeks, and the Bible

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The earth – centered view of the universe is called what

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The geocentric theory

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Starting the mid 1500s scholar started testing Sachin theories, replacing ideaswith new ones, and making huge advancement for future generations. We call this what?

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The scientific revolution

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According heliocentric theory, what was at the center of our universe

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The sun

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Gallileo founded moons and around Jupiter, dark spots on the sun, craters of the moon, among other things. Why did Galileo say that what he found was false though?

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So the church would not hurt him. He lived under house arrest until he died

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What was the first step in the scientific method

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Problem or question for observation

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Isaac Newton discovered what

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Gravity

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Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria by using what

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tooth scrapings that were put under a microscope

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Who’s in one minute believes would eventually become the foundations for democracy in the US

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John Locke

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Which enlightenment thinkers famous for saying, “I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.”

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Voltaire

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Which alignment thinkers known for adjusting and bettering criminal justice

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Beccaria

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Which alignment thinkers known for urging women to pursue politics and medicine as a career

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Mary Wallstonecraft

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According to Rousseau what corrupted people

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Civilizations

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After Voltaire went to jail the second time what happened to him upon his release

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He was exiled to England for over two years

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Why did Frederick the great abolish serfdom in the 1700s

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He needed the support of wealthy landowners

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What was Joseph II known for

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He was a radical dude, he ruled Austria, develop the freedom of press and freedom of religion, and abolish serfdom

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Which Act made the American colonist sell all of their valuable goods to Britain and no one else

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The navigation act

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On paper, who should’ve won the war between Britain and America

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The British

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What are the reasons why American won the revolution

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The British were overconfident – dangerous, and really expensive

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What are the three branches of government

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Executive judicial and legislative branch

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True or false: during the middle ages, most scholars thought the earth was the center of the universe.

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True

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True or false:christianity taught that God deliberately put earth at the center of the universe

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Truth

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True or false: Copernicus came up with idea for the heliocentric theory, the sun centered universe

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True

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True or FALSE Galen said that pigs were similar to humans and this is where our anatomy came from and until Vesalius dissected a real human body

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False

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True or false: Thomas Hobbes thought that all me and more naturally selfish, wicked, and evil

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True

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True or false: Beccaria love the idea of the death penalty

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False

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True or false: Mary Wallstonecraft felt that women should not be educated and should not have important jobs

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False

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True false: Catherine the great is known for expanding Russia and Poland

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True

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No Herbie Hancock was the author of the declaration of independence

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False

30
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The first ten amendments of the Constitution is known as the Bill of Rights

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True

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Any five of the first 10 amendments

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Amendment one: U.S. citizens have freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
Amendment two: U.s.citizens have the right to keep and bear arms, or own guns.
Amendment six: U.s.citizens have the right to a fair and speedy trial.
Amendment seven: U.S. citizens have the right to a trial by jury.
Amendment nine: U.s.citizens it may have rights that are not listed in the constitution.

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When Voltair says you can find out who impresses you are simply finding out who you were not allowed to talk to you about,what is he saying and how can you related to your lot?

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Voltair is saying that if someone does not like you, then they are more than likely not going to talk to you. I can relate to my lap but if I want to see if someone does not want me and then I will try and see if they would talk to me.

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Why was the study of the human body important to Versalius

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The study of the human body was important to Versalius because he wanted to cure diseases like cowpox

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Why did Galileo hide his finding from the church

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He had his findings from the church because he did not want the church to hurt him

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How did Thomas Hobbes feel about humans in general and the government

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Thomas had said that humans were naturally evil, they needed the government to keep them in order

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Why was Joseph the second considered a radical dude

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Because he made peasants be paid in cash introduce the freedom of press and freedom of religion

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What are some reasons the American colonist wanted to separate from Britain

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The American colonist want to separate from Britain because they ask for the same rights as the British and the King refused

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Why is a system of checks and balances important

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So that one branch of government did not have too much power

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What are the steps to the scientific method

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1.problem or question for observation 2.hypothesis 3.test the hypothesis 4.analyze data. Confirm or disapprove

40
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Before the 1500s where did scientific information come from

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Ancient Romans and Greeks in the Bible

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