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chose Copernicus because I had never heard of him and I want ed to learn about someone that seems important but I also wanted to learn new things. He seems like a cool person. Let's hope so.

I. What did Copernicus achieve?

A.He was able to piss of the church with one theory

B.He argued that the Earth revolved around the sun.

C.He also a politician and a soldier

II.What is the Copernican theory?

A. There is no center inthe universe

B. The center of the universe is near the sun

C.The distance from Earth to the Sun is nothing compared to the distance from the stars

D.The apperant annual cycle of the Sun's movements is caused by the Earth rotating around the Sun.

E. The apparent backwards motion of the planets is also caused by Earth's rotation

III.Why was his nationality controversial?

A.Because of geographical uncertainties he might have been German

B. In german each C is replaced by K to clarify pronounciation and in his most famous book he spelled his name with a K

C. HIs father may have been a Germanized slav

IV. Religious Controversy A.Why was his theory banned

B. When was is removed from the list of banned theories

C. Why was it removed from the list of banned theories