Exam 13: Worlds Old and New

Executions for heresy increased greatly under the inquisition.

Since Descartes, Western science begins with the assumption that everything operates according to a set of __________.

Francis Bacon identified four problems or________ with the human mind.

Which of the following came to Europe from the New World via the Columbian Exchange?

Around 1510 ________began to develop a different model of the universe.

Who said "cogito ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am")?

___________ is the nature of knowledge itself.

Vasco da Gama was the first explorer to circumnavigate the world.

What discovery did Galileo report in the Starry Messenger (1610)?

In the geocentric model the stars orbit around the_____________.

Boyle's law was concerned with _______.

Which theory describes the motion of everything in the universe?

Crypto-Jews were Jews who _______.

From the 7th to the 11th century the Islamic world had excelled in science.

On Hispaniola epidemics wiped out 99.9% of the population.

Pizarro conquered

In what year did the church first condemn the heliocentric model of the universe?

Portuguese ships reached India in

Cortes' army of ______________ conquered Mexico.