SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Which of these changes occurred during the Renaissance?
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The Church was all-powerful.
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The Church’s power declined.
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Factories began using electricity.
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Women gained equal rights with men.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -One reason for the weakening of the Church was the humanism of the Renaissance. Humanists often were secular, or nonreligious, in their thinking, and they believed in free thought and questioned many accepted beliefs. Problems within the Church added to this spirit of questioning.
Detailed explanation-2: -The new engagement with Greek Christian works during the Renaissance, and particularly the return to the original Greek of the New Testament promoted by Humanists Lorenzo Valla and Erasmus, helped pave the way for the Protestant Reformation.
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