Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Accepted Answer

On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spher

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-"spyglass"

Accepted Answer

A "spyglass" is a small handheld telesco

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
-On the Motion of the Heart and Blood

Accepted Answer

"On the Motion of the Heart and Blood" i

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-rationalism

Accepted Answer

Rationalism is a philosophical doctrine

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-Ptolemaic conception

Accepted Answer

The Ptolemaic conception refers to the a

Question 6

What did Newtown explain in his major work, Principia?

Accepted Answer

A) A technique for unclogging arteries 
B) The mathematical foundation for the universal law of gravitation 
C) The astronomical work of his predecessors 
D) How to use calculus 
E) The foundation of alchemical principles 
A) A technique for unclogging arteries 
B) The mathematical foundation for the universal law of gravitation 
C) The astronomical work of his predecessors 
D) How to use calculus 
E) The foundation of alchemical principles

Question 7

How did the French Academy differ from the English Royal Society?

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A) The French Academy had government support and control. 
B) The French Academy published scientific journals. 
C) The French Academy focused on theoretical work in mechanics and astronomy. 
D) They French Academy believed that science should proceed along the lines of a cooperative venture. 
E) They French Academy lacked the support of the French government. 
A) The French Academy had government support and control. 
B) The French Academy published scientific journals. 
C) The French Academy focused on theoretical work in mechanics and astronomy. 
D) They French Academy believed that science should proceed along the lines of a cooperative venture. 
E) They French Academy lacked the support of the French government.

Question 8

Copernicus believed that

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A) the earth was larger than the sun. 
B) the sun was motionless. 
C) there was no such thing as crystalline spheres. 
D) Galileo was wrong about the structure of the solar system. 
E) the stars did not really exist. 
A) the earth was larger than the sun. 
B) the sun was motionless. 
C) there was no such thing as crystalline spheres. 
D) Galileo was wrong about the structure of the solar system. 
E) the stars did not really exist.

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Robert Boyle

Accepted Answer

Robert Boyle was an Irish natural philos

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-Cavendish's Observations upon Experimental Philosophy

Accepted Answer

"Cavendish's Observations upon Experimen

Question 11

In what ways did Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton challenge prevailing ideas about the structure of the universe? What elements of that cosmology did they leave intact?

Accepted Answer

Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton

Question 12

Kepler proved that the planets travel in circular orbits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Why was Galileo convicted of heresy in 1633?

Accepted Answer

A) For denying the existence of God 
B) For dropping heavy objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa 
C) For receiving money from the Medici 
D) For claiming that Copernicus was in league with the Devil 
E) For ridiculing the Ptolemaic model in print 
A) For denying the existence of God 
B) For dropping heavy objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa 
C) For receiving money from the Medici 
D) For claiming that Copernicus was in league with the Devil 
E) For ridiculing the Ptolemaic model in print

Question 14

Descartes found greater favor in England than in his native France.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What was true of Margaret Cavendish?

Accepted Answer

A) She faced few obstacles as a female scientist. 
B) She was an aristocrat. 
C) She was more interested in medicine than astronomy. 
D) She came from a poor family. 
E) She was imprisoned for her scientific activities. 
A) She faced few obstacles as a female scientist. 
B) She was an aristocrat. 
C) She was more interested in medicine than astronomy. 
D) She came from a poor family. 
E) She was imprisoned for her scientific activities.

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-French Royal Academy of Sciences

Accepted Answer

The French Royal Academy of Sciences, al

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-"God's handiwork"

Accepted Answer

"God's handiwork" refers to anything tha

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Cavendish's Grounds of Natural Philosophy

Accepted Answer

"Cavendish's Grounds of Natural Philosop

Question 19

What was Antoine Lavoisier's scientific accomplishment?

Accepted Answer

A) He discovered the law of gasses. 
B) He gave scientific proof to the theories of Newton. 
C) He reconciled religion and reason in his Pensées. 
D) He was the father of the Scientific Revolution. 
E) He is regarded as the father of modern chemistry. 
A) He discovered the law of gasses. 
B) He gave scientific proof to the theories of Newton. 
C) He reconciled religion and reason in his Pensées. 
D) He was the father of the Scientific Revolution. 
E) He is regarded as the father of modern chemistry.

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-empiricism

Accepted Answer

Empiricism is a philosophical doctrine t

Exam 16: Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

Please define the following key terms. -On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Please define the following key terms. -"spyglass"

Please define the following key terms. -On the Motion of the Heart and Blood

Please define the following key terms. -rationalism

Please define the following key terms. -Ptolemaic conception

What did Newtown explain in his major work, Principia?

How did the French Academy differ from the English Royal Society?

Copernicus believed that

Please define the following key terms. -Robert Boyle

Please define the following key terms. -Cavendish's Observations upon Experimental Philosophy

In what ways did Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton challenge prevailing ideas about the structure of the universe? What elements of that cosmology did they leave intact?

Kepler proved that the planets travel in circular orbits.

Why was Galileo convicted of heresy in 1633?

Descartes found greater favor in England than in his native France.

What was true of Margaret Cavendish?

Please define the following key terms. -French Royal Academy of Sciences

Please define the following key terms. -"God's handiwork"

Please define the following key terms. -Cavendish's Grounds of Natural Philosophy

What was Antoine Lavoisier's scientific accomplishment?

Please define the following key terms. -empiricism

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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