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Who developed an advanced form of calculus and discovered the laws of gravity and motion? |
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Which king achieved absolute power with a reign that became a model for the rest of Europe? |
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What Greek mathematician became known as the Father of Geometry? |
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What term defines a society that is free from religion? |
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Who called himself the Lord Protector and established the Protectorate in England? |
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What nation endured a civil war after its king tried to arrest some members of its parliament? |
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What form of English government gradually increased Parliament's power? |
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What country did Maria Theresa rule? |
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Louis XIV ruled what nation? |
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What is the name of the oath with which many modern doctors pledge to help people and "never do harm." |
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Who studied the body's circulatory system? |
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What limited the king's power? |
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During the Glorious Revolution of 1688, who was invited to take the throne of England? |
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William and Mary of Orange |
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Who believed that the body is mostly chemicals? |
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Empiricism taught that man can find knowledge through? |
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What ruler was dismissed from the throne of his country? |
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A comet is named after this English astronomer? |
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Wrote The Sceptical Chymist? |
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Developed a smallpox vaccine? |
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Father of Modern Chemistry? |
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Studied human anatomy by dissecting human bodies? |
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This astronomer made a forty-foot long telescope? |
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This astronomer used a telescope to confirm the earth's orbit around the sun? |
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Russia continued the process of developing a strong monarchy under the rule of? |
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What ruler turned Vienna into an important center for the arts during the 1700's? |
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Seeking to expand their empires, both Austria and Russia took territory from what country? |
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Hippocrates was the Father of? |
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Who did not trust any path to truth except human reason? |
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Who became the next ruler of England after Cromwell's death? |
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