Question 1

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

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Neo-Platonists were a group of philosoph

Question 2

The first observations of the moons around Jupiter were made by

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A) Brahe. 
B) Kepler. 
C) Galileo. 
D) Bacon. 
E) Newton. 
A) Brahe. 
B) Kepler. 
C) Galileo. 
D) Bacon. 
E) Newton.

Question 3

Which of the following was the revolutionary theory advanced in On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres ?

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A) geocentric theory 
B) heliocentric theory 
C) crystalline orbits 
D) elliptical orbits 
E) a higher and a lower world 
A) geocentric theory 
B) heliocentric theory 
C) crystalline orbits 
D) elliptical orbits 
E) a higher and a lower world

Question 4

T he text asserts that educated Europeans no longer believed in the medieval view of the world by the

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A) start of the fifteenth century. 
B) late fifteenth century. 
C) start of the sixteenth century. 
D) start of the seventeenth century. 
E) late seventeenth century. 
A) start of the fifteenth century. 
B) late fifteenth century. 
C) start of the sixteenth century. 
D) start of the seventeenth century. 
E) late seventeenth century.

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Comment upon the medieval perception of matter and explain its relationship to new scientific studies of the seventeenth century.

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The medieval perception of matter was he

Question 6

In Newton's new universe

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A) ​the mechanical worldview was dependent on the will of God. 
B) ​there was no room for God. 
C) ​the genius of the thinker was more significant than the power of God. 
D) ​science could never be used in the service of the Anglican church. 
E) none of the above 
A) ​the mechanical worldview was dependent on the will of God. 
B) ​there was no room for God. 
C) ​the genius of the thinker was more significant than the power of God. 
D) ​science could never be used in the service of the Anglican church. 
E) none of the above

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

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 9

The philosophical efforts of which of the following adapted Aristotle's thought to Christian beliefs?

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A) Augustine 
B) Pope Gregory I 
C) Thomas Aquinas 
D) Pico 
E) Erasmus 
A) Augustine 
B) Pope Gregory I 
C) Thomas Aquinas 
D) Pico 
E) Erasmus

Question 10

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

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The Copernican Revolution refers to the

Question 11

Which of the following is true of the life of Sir Isaac Newton?

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A) Newton's contemporaries knew a great deal more about him than modern researchers. 
B) Almost all of Newton's manuscript collections have been lost. 
C) Newton was a deeply private person. 
D) Newton abandoned his faith is later life. 
E) all of the above 
A) Newton's contemporaries knew a great deal more about him than modern researchers. 
B) Almost all of Newton's manuscript collections have been lost. 
C) Newton was a deeply private person. 
D) Newton abandoned his faith is later life. 
E) all of the above

Question 12

Neo-Platonism contributed to the rise of modern science because

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A) it insisted that observations had precedence over theories. 
B) Plato had proposed a heliocentric view of the universe. 
C) it promoted skepticism about man's sensory perceptions. 
D) it strengthened the impulse to describe nature mathematically. 
E) it stated that everything emanated from one source, thus all problems had a solution. 
A) it insisted that observations had precedence over theories. 
B) Plato had proposed a heliocentric view of the universe. 
C) it promoted skepticism about man's sensory perceptions. 
D) it strengthened the impulse to describe nature mathematically. 
E) it stated that everything emanated from one source, thus all problems had a solution.

Question 13

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 14

The matter and form theory of nature held that

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A) matter consisted of tiny corpuscles formed by natural forces. 
B) everything was made of matter shaped by form. 
C) matter was the substance of the universe while form was a human perception projected on matter. 
D) everything reflected forms which existed in a world beyond matter. 
E) matter and form can be expressed mathematically. 
A) matter consisted of tiny corpuscles formed by natural forces. 
B) everything was made of matter shaped by form. 
C) matter was the substance of the universe while form was a human perception projected on matter. 
D) everything reflected forms which existed in a world beyond matter. 
E) matter and form can be expressed mathematically.

Question 15

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the important connections between mysticism and magic on the one hand and the Scientific Revolution on the other.

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The connections between mysticism and ma

Question 16

Copernicus' s 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 17

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What relationship existed between alchemy and science during the Scientific Revolution? What traits did they share, and where did their methods and goals diverge?

Accepted Answer

During the Scientific Revolution, alchem

Question 18

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. For students who took the first half of Western Civilization: explain the connections between ancient Greco-Roman culture and the Scientific Revolution.

Accepted Answer

The connections between ancient Greco-Ro

Question 19

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

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Corpuscles are small, often microscopic,

Question 20

Italian Neo-Platonist philosophers believed that

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A) the search for order in nature was part of the search for knowledge about God. 
B) experimental investigation had to be divorced from theological speculation. 
C) study of the humanities was much more important than the study of nature. 
D) the search for knowledge about God began with experimental observation. 
E) a sharp break with a ntiqui ty was necessary. 
A) the search for order in nature was part of the search for knowledge about God. 
B) experimental investigation had to be divorced from theological speculation. 
C) study of the humanities was much more important than the study of nature. 
D) the search for knowledge about God began with experimental observation. 
E) a sharp break with a ntiqui ty was necessary.

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

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

The first observations of the moons around Jupiter were made by

Which of the following was the revolutionary theory advanced in On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres ?

T he text asserts that educated Europeans no longer believed in the medieval view of the world by the

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Comment upon the medieval perception of matter and explain its relationship to new scientific studies of the seventeenth century.

In Newton's new universe

Opticks is a work in which

Copernicus initiated studies that led to his revolutionary theories because

The philosophical efforts of which of the following adapted Aristotle's thought to Christian beliefs?

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

Which of the following is true of the life of Sir Isaac Newton?

Neo-Platonism contributed to the rise of modern science because

The Liga may correctly be associated with

The matter and form theory of nature held that

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the important connections between mysticism and magic on the one hand and the Scientific Revolution on the other.

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

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What relationship existed between alchemy and science during the Scientific Revolution? What traits did they share, and where did their methods and goals diverge?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. For students who took the first half of Western Civilization: explain the connections between ancient Greco-Roman culture and the Scientific Revolution.

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

Italian Neo-Platonist philosophers believed that

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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

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