Question 1

According to the author

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A) the road from the Scientific Revolution to the Industrial Revolution was much more direct than often believed. 
B) James Watt, who improved the steam engine had been tutored in Newtonian physics. 
C) microscopes and globes became quite fashionable among prosperous families. 
D) persecution and censorship of the new science persisted. 
E) All of these 
A) the road from the Scientific Revolution to the Industrial Revolution was much more direct than often believed. 
B) James Watt, who improved the steam engine had been tutored in Newtonian physics. 
C) microscopes and globes became quite fashionable among prosperous families. 
D) persecution and censorship of the new science persisted. 
E) All of these

Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-spinozism

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Spinozism is a philosophical system deve

Question 3

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-cosmology

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Cosmology is the scientific study of the

Question 4

Kepler believed in all the following except

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A) astrology. 
B) gnosis understood as a direct and mystical unity. 
C) a spiritual force that infused the physical order. 
D) a constant ratio between the squares of the time it took two planets to orbit the sun and the cube of the average distance of the same planets from the sun. 
E) universal gravity. 
A) astrology. 
B) gnosis understood as a direct and mystical unity. 
C) a spiritual force that infused the physical order. 
D) a constant ratio between the squares of the time it took two planets to orbit the sun and the cube of the average distance of the same planets from the sun. 
E) universal gravity.

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-Central to the practice of modern science is the experimental method of investigation and testing scientific theories.Who were some of the pioneers of experimental method in the Scientific Revolution and what were their achievements?

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Some of the pioneers of the experimental

Question 6

Newton's synthesis was revolutionary for all the following reasons except

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A) Newton completely excluded God or any divine force from the operation of the universe. 
B) Newton's universe was mechanical and comprehensible. 
C) the laws of the broader universe were applicable to everyday bodies. 
D) it held the potential for eliminating God from the operations of the universe. 
E) the operations of the universe could be understood mathematically. 
A) Newton completely excluded God or any divine force from the operation of the universe. 
B) Newton's universe was mechanical and comprehensible. 
C) the laws of the broader universe were applicable to everyday bodies. 
D) it held the potential for eliminating God from the operations of the universe. 
E) the operations of the universe could be understood mathematically.

Question 7

Opticks is a work in which

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A) Descartes projected his cosmological view. 
B) Galileo wrote about the telescope. 
C) Newton discussed his theory of light. 
D) Bruno criticized the close-minded perspectives of the clergy. 
E) Alexander Pope declared "Let Newton be and All was Light." 
A) Descartes projected his cosmological view. 
B) Galileo wrote about the telescope. 
C) Newton discussed his theory of light. 
D) Bruno criticized the close-minded perspectives of the clergy. 
E) Alexander Pope declared "Let Newton be and All was Light."

Question 8

The Alchemist tradition may be best associated with

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A) theories of heat conduction. 
B) an earlier mechanical view of nature. 
C) a pharmacological approach originating in Arabia. 
D) an ineffective intuitive approach to science. 
E) the monastic tradition of isolation. 
A) theories of heat conduction. 
B) an earlier mechanical view of nature. 
C) a pharmacological approach originating in Arabia. 
D) an ineffective intuitive approach to science. 
E) the monastic tradition of isolation.

Question 9

The language of the new science -and of the universe it sought to understand - was

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A) poetry. 
B) mathematics. 
C) allegory. 
D) geometry. 
E) faith. 
A) poetry. 
B) mathematics. 
C) allegory. 
D) geometry. 
E) faith.

Question 10

Copernicus initiated studies that led to his revolutionary theories because

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A) there was a need to reform the Christian calendar. 
B) his father superior instructed him to do so. 
C) he wanted to refute some Protestant theories. 
D) a colleague had challenged him when he was teaching at the University of Paris. 
E) spiritual crises had plagued him all his life, as they have most men of genius 
A) there was a need to reform the Christian calendar. 
B) his father superior instructed him to do so. 
C) he wanted to refute some Protestant theories. 
D) a colleague had challenged him when he was teaching at the University of Paris. 
E) spiritual crises had plagued him all his life, as they have most men of genius

Question 11

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-Explain the source of medical concepts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.How might new medical ideas threaten the traditional medical practitioner? Discuss whether the reaction of the medical elite of that day holds lessons for the present.

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The source of medical concepts in the si

Question 12

The Liga may correctly be associated with

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A) a group of priests and academics who opposed Galileo. 
B) scientists who attempted to communicate with each other on new discoveries. 
C) a papal conference called to dispute the new science. 
D) a group of priests and academics who opposed Galileo and a papal conference called to dispute the new science. 
E) the cooperation among Protestants, Jews, and Muslims directed against the Papacy. 
A) a group of priests and academics who opposed Galileo. 
B) scientists who attempted to communicate with each other on new discoveries. 
C) a papal conference called to dispute the new science. 
D) a group of priests and academics who opposed Galileo and a papal conference called to dispute the new science. 
E) the cooperation among Protestants, Jews, and Muslims directed against the Papacy.

Question 13

Which of the following is not consistent with Aristotle's ideas?

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A) Absolute heaviness and absolute lightness 
B) An earth-centered universe 
C) A personal God 
D) Heavenly objects moving in perfect circles 
E) Motion in the universe originated with the Unmoved Mover 
A) Absolute heaviness and absolute lightness 
B) An earth-centered universe 
C) A personal God 
D) Heavenly objects moving in perfect circles 
E) Motion in the universe originated with the Unmoved Mover

Question 14

Who developed the theory of universal gravitation?

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A) Kepler 
B) Newton 
C) Galileo 
D) Brahe 
E) Descartes 
A) Kepler 
B) Newton 
C) Galileo 
D) Brahe 
E) Descartes

Question 15

Copernicus' model of the universe as expounded in On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

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A) discarded the idea of crystalline spheres in which heavenly objects were embedded. 
B) included elliptical orbits for the planets. 
C) discarded all of the Ptolemaic epicycles. 
D) included the perfectly circular orbits of the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic system. 
E) discarded Aristotle's theory of motion. 
A) discarded the idea of crystalline spheres in which heavenly objects were embedded. 
B) included elliptical orbits for the planets. 
C) discarded all of the Ptolemaic epicycles. 
D) included the perfectly circular orbits of the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic system. 
E) discarded Aristotle's theory of motion.

Question 16

Who used the mechanistic view of the world to state that the heart was a mechanical pump?

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A) Andreas Vesalius 
B) William Harvey 
C) Herman Boerhaave 
D) Robert Boyle 
E) Paracelsus 
A) Andreas Vesalius 
B) William Harvey 
C) Herman Boerhaave 
D) Robert Boyle 
E) Paracelsus

Question 17

Isaac Newton was son of a

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A) yeoman farmer. 
B) high-ranking noble. 
C) wealthy London merchant. 
D) village day-laborer. 
E) minister in the Anglican Church. 
A) yeoman farmer. 
B) high-ranking noble. 
C) wealthy London merchant. 
D) village day-laborer. 
E) minister in the Anglican Church.

Question 18

The Almagest was

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A) a handbook of Greek astronomy produced by Ptolemy. 
B) Aristotle's summary of his cosmology. 
C) Johannes Kepler's discourse on alchemy. 
D) Ficino's exposition of Neo-Platonism. 
E) the Arabic translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics. 
A) a handbook of Greek astronomy produced by Ptolemy. 
B) Aristotle's summary of his cosmology. 
C) Johannes Kepler's discourse on alchemy. 
D) Ficino's exposition of Neo-Platonism. 
E) the Arabic translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics.

Question 19

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).  
-Show where the following individuals worked: Bacon, Brahe, Copernicus, Descartes, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Paracelsus, Spinoza, and Versalius

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Question 20

All of the following can be attributed to Francis Bacon except

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A) elevation of the study of nature to a humanistic discipline. 
B) a vision of progress in which science improves the quality of life. 
C) precise scientific methodology and significant discoveries. 
D) an emphasis on new learning at the expense of ancient texts. 
E) the powerful and harmful role of preconceived ideas. 
A) elevation of the study of nature to a humanistic discipline. 
B) a vision of progress in which science improves the quality of life. 
C) precise scientific methodology and significant discoveries. 
D) an emphasis on new learning at the expense of ancient texts. 
E) the powerful and harmful role of preconceived ideas.

According to the author

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -spinozism

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -cosmology

Kepler believed in all the following except

Newton's synthesis was revolutionary for all the following reasons except

Opticks is a work in which

The Alchemist tradition may be best associated with

The language of the new science -and of the universe it sought to understand - was

Copernicus initiated studies that led to his revolutionary theories because

The Liga may correctly be associated with

Which of the following is not consistent with Aristotle's ideas?

Who developed the theory of universal gravitation?

Copernicus' model of the universe as expounded in On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Who used the mechanistic view of the world to state that the heart was a mechanical pump?

Isaac Newton was son of a

The Almagest was

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Show where the following individuals worked: Bacon, Brahe, Copernicus, Descartes, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Paracelsus, Spinoza, and Versalius

All of the following can be attributed to Francis Bacon except

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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Exam 17: The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

According to the author

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -spinozism

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -cosmology

Kepler believed in all the following except

Newton's synthesis was revolutionary for all the following reasons except

Opticks is a work in which

The Alchemist tradition may be best associated with

The language of the new science -and of the universe it sought to understand - was

Copernicus initiated studies that led to his revolutionary theories because

The Liga may correctly be associated with

Which of the following is not consistent with Aristotle's ideas?

Who developed the theory of universal gravitation?

Copernicus' model of the universe as expounded in On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Who used the mechanistic view of the world to state that the heart was a mechanical pump?

Isaac Newton was son of a

The Almagest was

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Show where the following individuals worked: Bacon, Brahe, Copernicus, Descartes, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Paracelsus, Spinoza, and Versalius

All of the following can be attributed to Francis Bacon except

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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