Why were the ideas of Copernicus and Galileo so controversial in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary.

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During the 1940 presidential election, FDR campaigned in favor of

a) war with Japan b) war with Germany c) both A & B d) peace and non-intervention

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U.S. House of Representatives in which said each state's representation would be elected directly by citizens of the districts in each state

a. true b. false

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In Europe, during the middle decades of the eighteenth century, only Britain and ________ had assemblies of elected, property-owning males forming a collective government.

A. the German Democratic Republic B. France C. the United Netherlands D. the Republic of Rome

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Until recently, historians were inclined to believe that parents were emotionally __________ from their children during the Middle Ages.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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