Social Studies Chapter 11 The Growth of New Ideas

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Galileo, Leeuwenhoek, and Linnaeus all made important discoveries during this time

Scientific Revolution
Western Eurpean armies tried to take back the Holy Lands from the Muslims

Crusades
A prosperous city-state on the Italian peninsula in the 14th century

Florence
He searched for a way to sail around the tip of Africa in the 1400s.

Prince Henry the Navigator
He was a German monk who criticized the church in the 1500s.

Martin Luther
More than 17,000 people were executed in France in 1799 during the

Reign of Terror
He took control of France in 1799 after the French Revolution.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Under her rule in the 1700s Russia became a powerful nation

Catherine the Great
He led the first expedition that sailed around the world.

Ferdinand Magellan

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Social Studies Chapter 11 The Growth of New Ideas

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