history west in world since 1500
1) What advantage did absolute monarchy offer Europeans in the 17th century?
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equal rights for peasants and other non-nobles |
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law, order, and stability |
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complete religious freedom |
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freedom of the press |
2) Before Copernicus, it was generally believed that
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all the planets remained perfectly still and did not move |
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the sun and the planets revolved around the earth |
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all the planets remained perfectly still and did not move |
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the earth and the other planets revolved around the sun |
3) Sir Francis Bacon believed that
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science and faith should not mix |
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science proved that all religions are false |
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everything we need to know is revealed in the Bible |
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science was OK as long as it did not contradict the pope |
4) The Starry Messenger was the title of
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Brahe's book on comets |
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Galileo's book describing observations he made with his telescope |
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Copernicus' book on the heliocentric universe |
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Vesalius' book on human anatomy |
5) When Richelieu used the phrase "reason of state," he meant that
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all citizens had basic human rights |
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government must be accountable to its people |
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emotion, not logic, was the most important quality a ruler should have |
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the well-being of the state or community was more important than individual interests |
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