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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.
Terms
-Italian mathematician and astronomer (1564-1642) who improved the telescope and made a series of discoveries that put into question well-established understandings of the cosmos. He published his findings in 1610 in a book titled The Starry Messenger.

• A)Protestant Reformation
• B)Catholic Counter-Reformation
• C)Úrsula de Jesús
• D)Taki Onqoy
• E)Jesuits in China
• F)Wahhabi Islam
• G)kaozheng
• H)Mirabai
• I)Sikhism
• J)Copernicus
• K)Newton
• L)Galile
• M)Voltaire
• N)European Enlightenment
• O)Condorcet and the idea of progress

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Definitions:

Put Premium

The cost associated with acquiring a put option, allowing the holder to sell an asset at a stipulated price within a specific timeframe, offering protection against asset depreciation.

Put Options

Financial contracts granting the holder the right to sell an asset at a predetermined price before a specified date.

Call Options

Financial contracts giving the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy an asset at a specified price within a specific time frame.

Underlying Asset

The financial instrument upon which derivative contracts, like options and futures, are based.