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What factors contributed to the new way of thinking about the universe during the Scientific Age? ...
What factors contributed to the new way of thinking about the universe during the Scientific Age? ...
What factors contributed to the new way of thinking about the universe during the Scientific Age?
 
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andreaerob   26   1 Reply
6 years ago
With the spread of Islam, converts had to learn Arabic.
With the spread of Islam, converts had to learn Arabic.
With the spread of Islam, converts had to learn Arabic.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Missmina01   23   1 Reply
6 years ago
How did Hobbes and Locke contradict each other with respect to their ideas of human nature? How did ...
How did Hobbes and Locke contradict each other with respect to their ideas of human nature? How did ...
How did Hobbes and Locke contradict each other with respect to their ideas of human nature? How did this extend into the political philosophy of the time?
 
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Heeyou!   30   1 Reply
6 years ago
At the Battle of Yarmuck in 632, Byzantine forces defeated Muslims and forced them out of Syria. ...
At the Battle of Yarmuck in 632, Byzantine forces defeated Muslims and forced them out of Syria. ...
At the Battle of Yarmuck in 632, Byzantine forces defeated Muslims and forced them out of Syria.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
zurainzlpt   36   1 Reply
6 years ago
How did Montesquieu suggest that the ideal form of government could be achieved? What will be an ...
How did Montesquieu suggest that the ideal form of government could be achieved? What will be an ...
How did Montesquieu suggest that the ideal form of government could be achieved?
 
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jordant.22   43   1 Reply
6 years ago
After the seventh century the main language in the Byzantine Empire was Greek.
After the seventh century the main language in the Byzantine Empire was Greek.
After the seventh century the main language in the Byzantine Empire was Greek.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Hummer   43   1 Reply
6 years ago
Why is Voltaire felt to be emblematic of the Enlightenment movement?
Why is Voltaire felt to be emblematic of the Enlightenment movement?
Why is Voltaire felt to be emblematic of the Enlightenment movement?
 
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escoba   54   1 Reply
6 years ago
The second Council of Nicaea in 787 forbade the use of icons in religious services.
The second Council of Nicaea in 787 forbade the use of icons in religious services.
The second Council of Nicaea in 787 forbade the use of icons in religious services.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ajumper1   48   1 Reply
6 years ago
Why was the effect of Rousseau's Social Contract so profoundly different from that of other ...
Why was the effect of Rousseau's Social Contract so profoundly different from that of other ...
Why was the effect of Rousseau's Social Contract so profoundly different from that of other philosophes?
 
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leticia1977   66   1 Reply
6 years ago
The Cyrillic alphabet is derived from Greek.
The Cyrillic alphabet is derived from Greek.
The Cyrillic alphabet is derived from Greek.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
lover567   59   1 Reply
6 years ago
How did literacy change in the eighteenth century? What audiences were targeted and why? What ...
How did literacy change in the eighteenth century? What audiences were targeted and why? What ...
How did literacy change in the eighteenth century? What audiences were targeted and why?
 
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ldill01   58   1 Reply
6 years ago
The Seljuk Turks moved in to attack the Byzantines and as a result the Byzantine Empire lost its ...
The Seljuk Turks moved in to attack the Byzantines and as a result the Byzantine Empire lost its ...
The Seljuk Turks moved in to attack the Byzantines and as a result the Byzantine Empire lost its core territory.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
ovx1267   46   1 Reply
6 years ago
How did the philosophes reconcile their ideas about human equality with institutions such as slavery ...
How did the philosophes reconcile their ideas about human equality with institutions such as slavery ...
How did the philosophes reconcile their ideas about human equality with institutions such as slavery and the disruption of indigenous peoples?
 
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NAVI   41   1 Reply
6 years ago
A significant reform movement within monasteries began in what area?
A significant reform movement within monasteries began in what area?
A significant reform movement within monasteries began in what area?
 
  a. Flanders
  b. Cologne
  c. Rhone
  d. Cluny
  e. Bologna
leo su   40   1 Reply
6 years ago
Analyze the debate over women's participation in the Enlightenment and in the intellectual ...
Analyze the debate over women's participation in the Enlightenment and in the intellectual ...
Analyze the debate over women's participation in the Enlightenment and in the intellectual community.
 
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omrglss   51   1 Reply
6 years ago
Cistercian monasticism argued for (Multiple Choice)
Cistercian monasticism argued for (Multiple Choice)
Cistercian monasticism argued for
 
  a. accumulation of wealth to care for the poor and sick.
  b. renewed austerity.
  c. empowering the church through political actions of well-placed ecclesiastic figures.
oliverb1   39   1 Reply
6 years ago
How would you define and compare the Scientific Revolution to the Enlightenment? What will be an ...
How would you define and compare the Scientific Revolution to the Enlightenment? What will be an ...
How would you define and compare the Scientific Revolution to the Enlightenment?
 
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MrMiau   41   1 Reply
6 years ago
Simony, a charge of corruption leveled against the church, consisted of
Simony, a charge of corruption leveled against the church, consisted of
Simony, a charge of corruption leveled against the church, consisted of
 
  a. not maintaining sexual purity.
  b. picking family members to be church officials.
  c. buying and selling of key church positions
Softball612   48   1 Reply
6 years ago
How did the evolution of the coffee house and the salon advance ideas of the Enlightenment? What ...
How did the evolution of the coffee house and the salon advance ideas of the Enlightenment? What ...
How did the evolution of the coffee house and the salon advance ideas of the Enlightenment?
 
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Ifekwunigwe   43   1 Reply
6 years ago
The main objection to the appointment of Pope Leo IX was that he
The main objection to the appointment of Pope Leo IX was that he
The main objection to the appointment of Pope Leo IX was that he
 
  a. was married.
  b. was chosen by the Holy Roman emperor rather than church officials.
  c. had never been a monk.
  d. was illit
rizzy9   64   1 Reply
6 years ago
How were the ideas of Abb Raynal regarding the New World inhabitants perceived and refuted? What ...
How were the ideas of Abb Raynal regarding the New World inhabitants perceived and refuted? What ...
How were the ideas of Abb Raynal regarding the New World inhabitants perceived and refuted?
 
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idkrn   46   1 Reply
6 years ago
Pope Gregory VII angered many in the nobility when he
Pope Gregory VII angered many in the nobility when he
Pope Gregory VII angered many in the nobility when he
 
  a. declared that education was only for the clergy.
  b. forbade secular rulers from conferring symbols of office on clergy.
  c. told Henry IV not to
rtstudent   36   1 Reply
6 years ago
Sir Isaac Newton embraced Baconian methodology as the standard for scientific empiricism.
Sir Isaac Newton embraced Baconian methodology as the standard for scientific empiricism.
Sir Isaac Newton embraced Baconian methodology as the standard for scientific empiricism.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
itsme   40   1 Reply
6 years ago
What was the decision reached at the Concordat of Worms?
What was the decision reached at the Concordat of Worms?
What was the decision reached at the Concordat of Worms?
 
  a. The nobility had to recognize that the church had higher authority than the laity.
  b. The church and state were entirely separate in legal jurisdictions.
robin121   41   1 Reply
6 years ago
Most of the early scientists in the Scientific Revolution refused any royal patronage for fear of ...
Most of the early scientists in the Scientific Revolution refused any royal patronage for fear of ...
Most of the early scientists in the Scientific Revolution refused any royal patronage for fear of losing their autonomy in discoveries.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
IRIS123456   26   1 Reply
6 years ago
The Fourth Lateran Council declared all of the following except
The Fourth Lateran Council declared all of the following except
The Fourth Lateran Council declared all of the following except
 
  a. standards of clerical behavior.
  b. that the pope was the highest authority in Christendom.
  c. that Christians had to go to confession
hawkins1346   56   1 Reply
6 years ago
Moderns argued that human history was the story of intellectual progress.
Moderns argued that human history was the story of intellectual progress.
Moderns argued that human history was the story of intellectual progress.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
hnwalker   35   1 Reply
6 years ago
Which of the following was not a restriction placed on Jews by the Fourth Lateran Council?
Which of the following was not a restriction placed on Jews by the Fourth Lateran Council?
Which of the following was not a restriction placed on Jews by the Fourth Lateran Council?
 
  a. Jews must wear distinctive clothing in public.
  b. Jews could not hold public office.
  c. Jews could not live
michelle520   41   1 Reply
6 years ago
In his battles against the Catholic Church, Voltaire argued vehemently for atheism.
In his battles against the Catholic Church, Voltaire argued vehemently for atheism.
In his battles against the Catholic Church, Voltaire argued vehemently for atheism.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Mayhem   30   1 Reply
6 years ago
Peter Waldo defied the church and was condemned for questioning what?
Peter Waldo defied the church and was condemned for questioning what?
Peter Waldo defied the church and was condemned for questioning what?
 
  a. The need for the sacraments.
  b. The validity of papal elections.
  c. Whether churches should own land.
  d. Whether chu
tleebergene   23   1 Reply
6 years ago
Denis Diderot believed that all human knowledge could be compiled and catalogued into an ...
Denis Diderot believed that all human knowledge could be compiled and catalogued into an ...
Denis Diderot believed that all human knowledge could be compiled and catalogued into an encyclopedia.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
ineedscihelp   27   1 Reply
6 years ago
The sect that espoused the belief that the material world was evil and that everything of the spirit ...
The sect that espoused the belief that the material world was evil and that everything of the spirit ...
The sect that espoused the belief that the material world was evil and that everything of the spirit was good were the ____.
 
  a. Waldensians
  b. Hussites
  c. Albigensians
  d. Dominicans
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aamichaud   49   1 Reply
6 years ago
Immanuel Kant argued that the enlightened mind would logically choose democracy as a political ...
Immanuel Kant argued that the enlightened mind would logically choose democracy as a political ...
Immanuel Kant argued that the enlightened mind would logically choose democracy as a political reform.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
faulkeeryb   49   1 Reply
6 years ago
What was the difference between friars and monks?
What was the difference between friars and monks?
What was the difference between friars and monks?
 
  a. Friars took vows of silence.
  b. Friars lived according to monastic rules in the world.
  c. Women could be friars.
  d. Friars did not have
IceBeast360   49   1 Reply
6 years ago
The coffeehouse phenomenon began in Paris.
The coffeehouse phenomenon began in Paris.
The coffeehouse phenomenon began in Paris.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
KENHUYNH96   37   1 Reply
6 years ago
Among the new orders of monasticism that developed in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, which ...
Among the new orders of monasticism that developed in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, which ...
Among the new orders of monasticism that developed in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, which was devoted to rooting out heretics?
 
  a. Franciscans
  b. Poor Clares
  c. Dominicans
  d. Benedic
sharon1234   42   1 Reply
6 years ago
The idea of cameralism argued that Kings were not divine beings, but supreme political managers. ...
The idea of cameralism argued that Kings were not divine beings, but supreme political managers. ...
The idea of cameralism argued that Kings were not divine beings, but supreme political managers.
 
  a. True
  b. False
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Sunni_rae   38   1 Reply
6 years ago
The first instance of the church using armies to invoke war and conquest came with the
The first instance of the church using armies to invoke war and conquest came with the
The first instance of the church using armies to invoke war and conquest came with the
 
  a. Inquisition.
  b. Crusades.
  c. Reconquista.
  d. expansion of the Holy Roman Empire.
  e. Fou
Kpolizzi02   25   1 Reply
6 years ago
Abb Raynal believed that Europeans were manifesting God's destiny in colonizing North America. ...
Abb Raynal believed that Europeans were manifesting God's destiny in colonizing North America. ...
Abb Raynal believed that Europeans were manifesting God's destiny in colonizing North America.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false
HaydenH01   35   1 Reply
6 years ago
Primogeniture meant (Multiple Choice)
Primogeniture meant (Multiple Choice)
Primogeniture meant
 
  a. the primacy of the pope's authority was unquestioned.
  b. those who paid a premium to the church were accorded commemorative masses.
  c. the first-born sons of the nobility gained
akifuji   43   1 Reply
6 years ago
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