Thomas- Renaissance, science, and exploration
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| Who is the German priest credited with starting the Reformation? | Martin Luther
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| What did Nicolaus Copernicus discover? | The planets moved around the sun in circular orbits.
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| Who developed the law of gravity? | Sir Isaac Newton
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| What was Ferdinand Magellan famous for? | His crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
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| What is the scientific revolution? | A series of events that led to the birth of modern science.
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| What is the scientific method? | a step-by-step method for performing experiments and other scientific research.
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| What does circumnavigate mean? | to go all the way around
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| What is the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World and the Old World known as? | The Columbian Exchange
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| What is it called when a government controls all economic activity in a country to make the government stronger and richer? | Mercantilism
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| What is it called when individuals decide what goods and services they will buy? | Market economy
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| What are explanations a scientist develops based on facts called? | Theories
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| Who was the first person to find a sea route to Asia? | Vasco de Gama
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| Who painted the roof of the Sistine Chapel? | Michelangelo
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| Who was the most famous playwright of the Renaissance? | William Shakespeare
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| Which artist was famous for making the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper? | Leonardo da Vinci
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| The effort to stop the spread of Protestantism and to reform the Catholic Church is known what? | the Catholic Reformation
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| What was the religious order that was created to serve the Pope? | Jesuits
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| Who was the Christian reformer, who taught about predestination, living good lives, and obeying God's laws? | John Calvin
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| Where did most enslaved people go to between 1500 and 1800? | the Americas
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