Exam 7: European Science and the Foundations of Modern Imperialism, 1600–1820

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John Harrison and Joseph Banks contributed to the use of practical science by the late eighteenth century in all of these ways EXCEPT

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Who said "All our knowledge begins with the senses,proceeds then to the understanding,and ends with reason.There is nothing higher than reason"?

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Who argued that in the state of nature life is "nasty,brutish and short"?

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Parisians passionately debated the latest Enlightenment advancements during events hosted in salons,which literally means "drawing rooms."

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What made the development of science so revolutionary from a global standpoint?

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Museums are an example of the tight connection between

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Please define the following key terms -Lewis and Clark Expedition

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The British Museum can be considered the first example of a modern museum devoted to the collection,analysis,classification and preservation of natural and cultural phenomena.

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Please define the following key terms -new science

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All of these people or works are related to the Enlightenment EXCEPT

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Please define the following key terms -Sir Francis Bacon

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Please define the following key terms -Endeavour

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Please define the following key terms -prime meridian

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Please define the following key terms -George III

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Briefly describe the rise of modern botany in the eighteenth century and explain the importance of this new field.

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All the following are associated with scientific steps in the search for a predictable longitudinal system except

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Who wrote,"If a man will begin with certainties,he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties"?

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Please define the following key terms -binomial

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Please define the following key terms -Tupaia (1725-1770)

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Catherine the Great reacted to the idea of enlightened monarchs by

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