Multiple choice

Explorers encourage the growth of science by

  1. creating a need to study the stars

  2. arguing against the power of the RCC

  3. writing exaggerated accounts of their travels

  4. showing that accepted beliefs could be wrong
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Explorers encountered new lands, peoples, and phenomena that did not fit into the established knowledge of the time, which challenged the authority of ancient texts and encouraged empirical observation.

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