Base your answers to questions 7 and 8 on the following painting and on your knowledge of social studies. Source: "Astronomer Copernicus, a Conversation with God." Jan Matejko. 1872. Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagielloskiego. Krakow, Poland. 7. Which of the following answers best describes the fundamental cause of the Scientific Revolution? A) The Crusades C) The Reconquista. B) The Renaissance D) The Protestant Reformation. 8. How did the ideas of Copernicus, and those like him, represent a change in European intellectualism at the time? A) Traditional religions began to embrace new scientific theories. B) Science was replacing religion as a means to explain the physical world. C) The Catholic Church was discredited and diminished. D) People no longer trusted traditional religion to explain the natural world.

Base your answers to questions 7 and 8 on the following painting and on your knowledge of social studies. Source: "Astronomer Copernicus, a Conversation with God." Jan Matejko. 1872. Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagielloskiego. Krakow, Poland. 7. Which of the following answers best describes the fundamental cause of the Scientific Revolution? A) The Crusades C) The Reconquista. B) The Renaissance D) The Protestant Reformation. 8. How did the ideas of Copernicus, and those like him, represent a change in European intellectualism at the time? A) Traditional religions began to embrace new scientific theories. B) Science was replacing religion as a means to explain the physical world. C) The Catholic Church was discredited and diminished. D) People no longer trusted traditional religion to explain the natural world.