A History of World Societies:
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A History of World Societies Value
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Review and Explore

Review the Main Ideas

Answer the focus questions from each section of the chapter.

  1. Question

    What revolutionary discoveries were made in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and why did they occur in Europe?

    What revolutionary discoveries were made in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and why did they occur in Europe?
  2. Question

    What intellectual and social changes occurred as a result of the Scientific Revolution?

    What intellectual and social changes occurred as a result of the Scientific Revolution?
  3. Question

    What new ideas about society and human relations emerged in the Enlightenment, and what new practices and institutions enabled these ideas to take hold?

    What new ideas about society and human relations emerged in the Enlightenment, and what new practices and institutions enabled these ideas to take hold?
  4. Question

    How did economic and social change and the rise of Atlantic trade interact with Enlightenment ideas?

    How did economic and social change and the rise of Atlantic trade interact with Enlightenment ideas?