Question 1

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

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A) Newtonian principles may be related to applied mechanics. 
B) Paracelsian ideas were never accepted because they always retained magical connotations. 
C) William Harvey compared the heart to a pump. 
D) Vesalius was a proponent of dissection of corpses. 
E) The day-to-day practice of medicine changed little between 1600 and 1700. 
A) Newtonian principles may be related to applied mechanics. 
B) Paracelsian ideas were never accepted because they always retained magical connotations. 
C) William Harvey compared the heart to a pump. 
D) Vesalius was a proponent of dissection of corpses. 
E) The day-to-day practice of medicine changed little between 1600 and 1700.

Question 2

According to the text, in his synthesis, the law of universal gravitation brought together

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A) the experimental successes of the new science, its mathematical sophistication, and its philosophical revolution. 
B) the ideas of Aristotle, Copernicus, and Galileo. 
C) the science of Kepler, Galileo, and Ptolemy. 
D) Descartes, Christian Neo-Platonism, Newton's mathematical genius, and Kepler. 
E) Christian Neo-Platonism, Aristotelianism, and Copernicus. 
A) the experimental successes of the new science, its mathematical sophistication, and its philosophical revolution. 
B) the ideas of Aristotle, Copernicus, and Galileo. 
C) the science of Kepler, Galileo, and Ptolemy. 
D) Descartes, Christian Neo-Platonism, Newton's mathematical genius, and Kepler. 
E) Christian Neo-Platonism, Aristotelianism, and Copernicus.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Epicycles:

Who?
The concept of epicycle

Question 4

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What conditions and attitudes  prepared Europe for the Scientific Revolution?

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The Scientific Revolution was a period o

Question 5

Paracelsian medicine included all the following EXCEPT

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A) a struggle against a self-serving medical establishment. 
B) an enthusiastic vision of human vitality and longevity. 
C) pioneering work in dissection and anatomy. 
D) the development of diagnostic medicine and the use of chemical remedies. 
E) no reliance of the relevance of the position of the stars on health. 
A) a struggle against a self-serving medical establishment. 
B) an enthusiastic vision of human vitality and longevity. 
C) pioneering work in dissection and anatomy. 
D) the development of diagnostic medicine and the use of chemical remedies. 
E) no reliance of the relevance of the position of the stars on health.

Question 6

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 7

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

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Who: The concept of humors was developed

Question 8

As the Scientific Revolution matured, many concluded that

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A) human beings and nature are the foundations of all meaningful knowledge. 
B) science could be used to challenge the authority of the clergy and religion itself. 
C) science could be used to promote human well-being. 
D) human beings possess tremendous power to understand and change the world. 
E) ​all of the above 
A) human beings and nature are the foundations of all meaningful knowledge. 
B) science could be used to challenge the authority of the clergy and religion itself. 
C) science could be used to promote human well-being. 
D) human beings possess tremendous power to understand and change the world. 
E) ​all of the above

Question 9

The Englishman who served as lord chancellor to James I and argued that science should improve humanity's material condition was

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A) Isaac Newton. 
B) Edmund Halley. 
C) Francis Bacon. 
D) Robert Boyle. 
E) William Harvey. 
A) Isaac Newton. 
B) Edmund Halley. 
C) Francis Bacon. 
D) Robert Boyle. 
E) William Harvey.

Question 10

The text identifies which  famous thinker as seeing no contradiction in searching for mathematical laws of nature while practicing alchemy?

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A) Nicolaus Copernicus 
B) Isaac Newton 
C) Johannes Kepler 
D) Tycho Brahe 
E) Galileo Galilei 
A) Nicolaus Copernicus 
B) Isaac Newton 
C) Johannes Kepler 
D) Tycho Brahe 
E) Galileo Galilei

Question 11

According to the text

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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 the above 
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 the above

Question 12

Which of the following can be associated with Galileo's trial?

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A) Galileo defended Copernicus' s heliocentric theory. 
B) The Catholic Church felt besieged by critics and enemies on all sides. 
C) Galileo's criticism of the scholastic theory of form and matter threatened the church's doctrine of the Eucharist. 
D) The trial stifled the progress of science in Catholic countries. 
E) all of the above 
A) Galileo defended Copernicus' s heliocentric theory. 
B) The Catholic Church felt besieged by critics and enemies on all sides. 
C) Galileo's criticism of the scholastic theory of form and matter threatened the church's doctrine of the Eucharist. 
D) The trial stifled the progress of science in Catholic countries. 
E) all of the above

Question 13

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

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Natural philosophy, also known as philos

Question 14

Newton stated that in the essential structure of the universe, matter is

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A) consistent throughout. 
B) lifeless in its essential state. 
C) acted upon by immaterial forces. 
D) atomic in structure. 
E) all of the above 
A) consistent throughout. 
B) lifeless in its essential state. 
C) acted upon by immaterial forces. 
D) atomic in structure. 
E) all of the above

Question 15

The Scientific Revolution resulted in all the following EXCEPT

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A) complete secularization. 
B) confidence in the progress of human knowledge. 
C) optimism about the ability of societies to solve their problems. 
D) the separation of theology into a field of its own. 
E) a growing disdain for tradition, popular beliefs. 
A) complete secularization. 
B) confidence in the progress of human knowledge. 
C) optimism about the ability of societies to solve their problems. 
D) the separation of theology into a field of its own. 
E) a growing disdain for tradition, popular beliefs.

Question 16

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain why the endeavors of Sir Isaac Newton have been referred to as a synthesis. What were his major works? Did his achievements lead to difficulties with the clerical hierarchy of the Church of England?

Accepted Answer

Sir Isaac Newton's endeavors have been r

Question 17

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 18

How did Tycho Brahe's astronomical observations undermine the Ptolemaic model of the universe?

Accepted Answer

A) They demonstrated that Jupiter had moons. 
B) They demonstrated the existence of yet undiscovered planets beyond Saturn whose gravity was influencing the known planets. 
C) They demonstrated that the comet of 1577 needed to have passed right through the crystalline spheres postulated by the Ptolemaic model. 
D) They demonstrated that the planets must have circular orbits. 
E) They demonstrated that planetary motion was elliptical not circular. 
A) They demonstrated that Jupiter had moons. 
B) They demonstrated the existence of yet undiscovered planets beyond Saturn whose gravity was influencing the known planets. 
C) They demonstrated that the comet of 1577 needed to have passed right through the crystalline spheres postulated by the Ptolemaic model. 
D) They demonstrated that the planets must have circular orbits. 
E) They demonstrated that planetary motion was elliptical not circular.

Question 19

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

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Who: Sir Isaac Newton is credited with d

Question 20

The church attacked Galileo because

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A) he offered a view of the universe that conflicted with certain scriptural texts. 
B) he was a Copernican. 
C) he abandoned the scholastics' view of the relationship between matter and form. 
D) he advanced a corpuscular theory of matter. 
E) ​all of the above 
A) he offered a view of the universe that conflicted with certain scriptural texts. 
B) he was a Copernican. 
C) he abandoned the scholastics' view of the relationship between matter and form. 
D) he advanced a corpuscular theory of matter. 
E) ​all of the above

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

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

According to the text, in his synthesis, the law of universal gravitation brought together

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

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What conditions and attitudes prepared Europe for the Scientific Revolution?

Paracelsian medicine included all the following EXCEPT

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? humors

As the Scientific Revolution matured, many concluded that

The Englishman who served as lord chancellor to James I and argued that science should improve humanity's material condition was

The text identifies which famous thinker as seeing no contradiction in searching for mathematical laws of nature while practicing alchemy?

According to the text

Which of the following can be associated with Galileo's trial?

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

Newton stated that in the essential structure of the universe, matter is

The Scientific Revolution resulted in all the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain why the endeavors of Sir Isaac Newton have been referred to as a synthesis. What were his major works? Did his achievements lead to difficulties with the clerical hierarchy of the Church of England?

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

How did Tycho Brahe's astronomical observations undermine the Ptolemaic model of the universe?

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

The church attacked Galileo because

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