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Crossroads chapter One

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Telescope   Galileo used the discoveries in his scientific discoveries.  
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Americas   Nutrition in Europe improved after 1600 because of new food crops from the _____.  
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anatomist   person who studies anatomy by such methods as dissecting dead bodies.  
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Bacon   The scientist who developed the scientific method was Francis ____ .  
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Catholics   Until 1517 all European Christians had been Roman _______.  
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Copernicus   The astronomer who first challenged the medieval view of the heavens was ______ .  
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courtier   attendant at monarchs court.  
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empire   group of states or territories controlled by one country.  
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Empires   By 1700 European countries had developed overseas _______ .  
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humanism   The new philosophy of the Renaissance was called _______ .  
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humanist   system or mode of thought in which human interests dominate.  
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Kings   During the 16th and 17th centuries _______reduced the power of the nobility- began to use professional armies and began to employ professional civil servants.  
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life   Renaissance writers began to concentrate on everyday ____?  
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tenant   person who pays rent to a landlord for the use of land.  
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Vernacular   the everyday language of people.  
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worse   After 1517 religious disputes in Europe made political disputes _________  
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living   After 1500 conditions for many Europeans improved because trade increased- serfs became landowners and towns grew in size and economic power.  
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Middle Ages   Time period in European history from about 500 A.D. to about 1500 A.D.(two words)  
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philosophy   pursuit of the principles underlying all knowledge;pursuit of wisdom.  
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political   As a result of the Reformation kings saw themselves as both ____ and religious leaders.  
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printing   The ________ press helped to spread new ideas in the Renaissance.  
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protestant   Christian group that separated from the Roman Catholic Church.  
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Reformation   Religious movement in Europe in the in the 16th century to reform the Catholic Church.  
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Reformation   The period in which challenges to the Catholic Church took place was called the ___.  
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Renaissance   a time of great revival or rebirth.  
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Renaissance   Historians of which period were the first to distinguish different eras in history?  
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serf   person attached to lords land and required to give services to him.  
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technologies   Scientific developments were dependent on new _____ .  
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