Question 1

Achievements of Kepler include proving all of the following EXCEPT

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A) orbits of planets are elliptical. 
B) planets circle around the sun. 
C) planets move at different speeds. 
D) there was no need for epicycles. 
E) for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. 
A) orbits of planets are elliptical. 
B) planets circle around the sun. 
C) planets move at different speeds. 
D) there was no need for epicycles. 
E) for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Question 2

Which of the following statements concerning the work of Newton is NOT true?

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A) Newton published his discoveries immediately after their formulation. 
B) Newton published under the sponsorship of the Royal Society. 
C) Newton  was persuaded to publish by Edmund Halley. 
D) Newton's  findings transformed the sciences of physics and optics. 
E) The  Principia Mathematica made the greater impact on Newton's contemporaries than his Opticks . 
A) Newton published his discoveries immediately after their formulation. 
B) Newton published under the sponsorship of the Royal Society. 
C) Newton  was persuaded to publish by Edmund Halley. 
D) Newton's  findings transformed the sciences of physics and optics. 
E) The  Principia Mathematica made the greater impact on Newton's contemporaries than his Opticks .

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 4

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 5

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the place where the Scientific Revolution began and the place where it reached its climax.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 6

Alchemy originated in

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A) Italy. 
B) England. 
C) Arabia. 
D) Spain. 
E) France. 
A) Italy. 
B) England. 
C) Arabia. 
D) Spain. 
E) France.

Question 7

The Galenic theory of medicine was based on

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A) the conception that blood circulated. 
B) the concept of the humors. 
C) Neo-Platonic ideas. 
D) Aristotle's Botany. 
E) religion and magic. 
A) the conception that blood circulated. 
B) the concept of the humors. 
C) Neo-Platonic ideas. 
D) Aristotle's Botany. 
E) religion and magic.

Question 8

René Descartes believed that

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A) certainty can be grounded in the conclusion, "I think therefore I am." 
B) both the existence of God and nature can be proven by experimentation. 
C) matter and spirit cannot be separated. 
D) knowledge must be built on tradition and some doctrine. 
E) science could be misused and damage nature. 
A) certainty can be grounded in the conclusion, "I think therefore I am." 
B) both the existence of God and nature can be proven by experimentation. 
C) matter and spirit cannot be separated. 
D) knowledge must be built on tradition and some doctrine. 
E) science could be misused and damage nature.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Calculus is a branch of mathematics that

Question 10

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 11

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare and contrast the approaches to the nature of God of at least three leading figures of the Scientific Revolution.

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During the Scientific Revolution, many l

Question 12

Which of the following contributed LEAST  to the dissemination of the new scientific worldview in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

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A) academies founded by monarchs or other elites 
B) handbooks and lectures 
C) universities 
D) publications in the vernacular 
E) enthusiasm among much of the educated elite 
A) academies founded by monarchs or other elites 
B) handbooks and lectures 
C) universities 
D) publications in the vernacular 
E) enthusiasm among much of the educated elite

Question 13

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 14

Kepler was influenced by his belief

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A) in  astrology. 
B) in the Platonic ideal. 
C) that  a spiritual force infused the physical order. 
D) that the human mind can comprehend harmony and unity through mathematics. 
E) all of the above 
A) in  astrology. 
B) in the Platonic ideal. 
C) that  a spiritual force infused the physical order. 
D) that the human mind can comprehend harmony and unity through mathematics. 
E) all of the above

Question 15

Galileo believed

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A) mathematics was the language of nature. 
B) the moon is as smooth as it was presumed to be. 
C) experimentation was unimportant to the natural philosopher. 
D) bodies of unequal weight will fall at different rates. 
E) all of the above 
A) mathematics was the language of nature. 
B) the moon is as smooth as it was presumed to be. 
C) experimentation was unimportant to the natural philosopher. 
D) bodies of unequal weight will fall at different rates. 
E) all of the above

Question 16

Who argued that observation and anatomical dissection were the keys to knowing how the body works?

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A) Galen 
B) Paracelsus 
C) Bacon 
D) Vesalius 
E) Hippocrates 
A) Galen 
B) Paracelsus 
C) Bacon 
D) Vesalius 
E) Hippocrates

Question 17

The Ptolemaic model of the universe troubled Copernicus mainly because

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A) it disagreed with observations of the planets. 
B) it contradicted the Biblical cosmology. 
C) its mathematics was so complex. 
D) it contradicted Aristotle's cosmology. 
E) it lacked internal consistency. 
A) it disagreed with observations of the planets. 
B) it contradicted the Biblical cosmology. 
C) its mathematics was so complex. 
D) it contradicted Aristotle's cosmology. 
E) it lacked internal consistency.

Question 18

Who was the first to challenge Galenic medicine in early modern Europe?

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A) Vesalius 
B) Paracelsus 
C) Harvey 
D) Boyle 
E) Pasteur 
A) Vesalius 
B) Paracelsus 
C) Harvey 
D) Boyle 
E) Pasteur

Question 19

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the new scientific approach to nature raise some concerns among the Roman Catholic hierarchy? How would you typify their response?

Accepted Answer

The new scientific approach to nature ra

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Inductive methodology is a research appr

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

Achievements of Kepler include proving all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following statements concerning the work of Newton is NOT true?

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

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the place where the Scientific Revolution began and the place where it reached its climax.

Alchemy originated in

The Galenic theory of medicine was based on

René Descartes believed that

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

Who developed the theory of universal gravitation?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare and contrast the approaches to the nature of God of at least three leading figures of the Scientific Revolution.

Which of the following contributed LEAST to the dissemination of the new scientific worldview in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Kepler was influenced by his belief

Galileo believed

Who argued that observation and anatomical dissection were the keys to knowing how the body works?

The Ptolemaic model of the universe troubled Copernicus mainly because

Who was the first to challenge Galenic medicine in early modern Europe?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the new scientific approach to nature raise some concerns among the Roman Catholic hierarchy? How would you typify their response?

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

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 Enewal

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

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

World War I the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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