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  Galileo had made improvements on the lens developed by the Dutch for use in telescopes, but some of the earliest work on the nature of how humans see was done by  

  The new diplomatic goal that emerged in western and central Europe in the mid-seventeenth century was  

  ________’s theory that magnetic forces between the sun and planets kept planets in orbital motion laid the foundation for Sir Isaac Newton’s law of universal gravitation.  

  The Treaty of Utrecht (1713) altered the balance of power in Europe by  

  The Thirty Years’ War began when  

  What did Cartesian philosopher François Poullain de la Barre mean when he declared that “the mind has no sex”?  

  Under the sanction of the Catholic Church in the fifteenth century, ________ was/were responsible for the deaths of thousands of people.  

  The ________ feared the military and religious policies of James II of England.  

  Which English natural philosopher used the compound microscope to study the cellular structure of plants?  

  Louis XIV required his nobles to spend part of the year at the royal court at Versailles in order to