Thursday, October 21, 2010

intro quiz 13



1. Among the notable developments of the  15th-16th century Renaissance were shifts from astrology to __________ and   from _______ to chemistry.

2. Machiavelli distinguished himself from his medieval predecessors how? What was his view of republican democracy?

3. ________, one of the New Humanists, criticized professors and Popes. ______'s "Utopia,"with no private property, resembled Plato's "Republic" as an imaginary "perfect society."

4. __________, leader of the Protestant Reformation, upheld the authority of ________, defended faith and ___________, and opposed __________.

5. ________ also defended predestination, and claimed that even newborns deserve eternal damnation.

6. Copernicus advocated ________. (geocentrism, heliocentrism, pantheism)

7. _______ confirmed Copernicus' theory with his new telescope.

8.  _________ practiced constant critical inquiry and said we can't create lowly worms but think nothing of creating gods.

9. _______, believed by some to have written Shakespeare's plays,  said "knowledge is power."

10. ______, a determinist, said life in a state of nature would be "solitatary, ____..."

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