The First Person to Put Forth the Idea That Earth's

question 73

Multiple Choice

The first person to put forth the idea that Earth's con-tinents are in continual but slow motion was

• A) Charles Darwin.
• B) Alfred Russel Wallace.
• C) Stephen Jay Gould.
• D) Nicolaus Steno.
• E) Alfred Wegener.

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Definitions:

Joseph Smith

The founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commonly known as Mormonism, and translator of the Book of Mormon.

Brigham Young

Brigham Young was an American religious leader, colonizer, and the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), leading the Mormon pioneers to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah.

Charles Finney

An influential American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States who is often called the "father of modern revivalism."

Emerson and Thoreau

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