Question 1

What relationships existed between scientists and religious authorities?

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The relationship between scientists and

Question 2

William Harvey's On the Motion of the Heart and Blood refuted the ideas of

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A)  the immune system being associated with the pancreas. 
B)  the brain stem being disconnected from the brain. 
C)  the independent functioning of the lymph system. 
D)  herbal healing. 
E)  the liver as the beginning point of the circulation of blood. 
A)  the immune system being associated with the pancreas. 
B)  the brain stem being disconnected from the brain. 
C)  the independent functioning of the lymph system. 
D)  herbal healing. 
E)  the liver as the beginning point of the circulation of blood.

Question 3

Talk about:
-Pensées

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"Pensées" is a collection of fragments o

Question 4

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, female midwives

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A)  gained great fame and wealth, as childbirth was defined as a female scientific specialty. 
B)  increased dramatically in number, due to women's abilities to read midwifery manuals. 
C)  were replaced by men who used devices and techniques derived from the study of anatomy. 
D)  were newly organized into their own craft guilds, regulated by aristocratic and royal patrons. 
E)  began to receive recognition and training as medical professionals in universities. 
A)  gained great fame and wealth, as childbirth was defined as a female scientific specialty. 
B)  increased dramatically in number, due to women's abilities to read midwifery manuals. 
C)  were replaced by men who used devices and techniques derived from the study of anatomy. 
D)  were newly organized into their own craft guilds, regulated by aristocratic and royal patrons. 
E)  began to receive recognition and training as medical professionals in universities.

Question 5

Galileo's idea that a body in motion continues in motion unless deflected by an external force is called the principle of

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A)  planetary motion. 
B)  gravity. 
C)  displacement. 
D)  universal mechanics. 
E)  inertia. 
A)  planetary motion. 
B)  gravity. 
C)  displacement. 
D)  universal mechanics. 
E)  inertia.

Question 6

The immediate reaction of the clerics to the theories of Copernicus was

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A)  condemnation, initially by Protestant leaders like Luther who condemned the discovery as contrary to their literal interpretation of the Bible. 
B)  broad approval motivated by their now higher educational achievements and interest in the sciences. 
C)  support in the form of a papal decree praising his innovative thinking. 
D)  the calling of the Council of Dort by Protestants and Catholics to question the astronomer closely prior to trial for blasphemy. 
E)  apathy because his calculations were revealed to contain numerous mathematical errors. 
A)  condemnation, initially by Protestant leaders like Luther who condemned the discovery as contrary to their literal interpretation of the Bible. 
B)  broad approval motivated by their now higher educational achievements and interest in the sciences. 
C)  support in the form of a papal decree praising his innovative thinking. 
D)  the calling of the Council of Dort by Protestants and Catholics to question the astronomer closely prior to trial for blasphemy. 
E)  apathy because his calculations were revealed to contain numerous mathematical errors.

Question 7

Talk about:
-querelles des femmes

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The querelles des femmes, or "quarrels o

Question 8

Galileo's Dialogue on the Two World Systems was chiefly an attempt to

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A)  expose the errors in the thinking of Copernicus. 
B)  support Copernicus through a publication in Italian accessible to a wide audience. 
C)  attack Luther and Protestant theological restrictions on scientific inquiry. 
D)  apologize to the church for earlier theories he now saw as mistaken. 
E)  oppose the dogma and doctrine of the Catholic Church. 
A)  expose the errors in the thinking of Copernicus. 
B)  support Copernicus through a publication in Italian accessible to a wide audience. 
C)  attack Luther and Protestant theological restrictions on scientific inquiry. 
D)  apologize to the church for earlier theories he now saw as mistaken. 
E)  oppose the dogma and doctrine of the Catholic Church.

Question 9

Talk about:
-French Royal Academy of Sciences

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The French Royal Academy of Sciences, al

Question 10

Because of the scientific successes and accomplishments of such women as Margaret Cavendish, Maria Merian, and Maria Winkelmann, most male scientists agreed, though reluctantly, that females had the same intellectual abilities as males.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Inquisition found Galileo guilty of teaching condemned ideas and sentenced him

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A)  to be burned at the stake. 
B)  to serve as a galley slave on a Mediterranean shipping vessel. 
C)  five years of hard labor in prison. 
D)  to write a tract in support of the Ptolemaic conception of the universe. 
E)  to house arrest. 
A)  to be burned at the stake. 
B)  to serve as a galley slave on a Mediterranean shipping vessel. 
C)  five years of hard labor in prison. 
D)  to write a tract in support of the Ptolemaic conception of the universe. 
E)  to house arrest.

Question 12

Talk about:
-Margaret Cavendish

Accepted Answer

Margaret Cavendish, also known as the Du

Question 13

Talk about:
-Galileo Galilei

Accepted Answer

Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronome

Question 14

Maria Sibylla Merian

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A)  gained fame as an important entomologist. 
B)  was trained at the University of Berlin. 
C)  earned her a place in the Royal Academy of Science. 
D)  completed much of her scientific work in Africa. 
E)  all of the above. 
A)  gained fame as an important entomologist. 
B)  was trained at the University of Berlin. 
C)  earned her a place in the Royal Academy of Science. 
D)  completed much of her scientific work in Africa. 
E)  all of the above.

Question 15

Why were seventeenth-century European intellectuals so intent on developing methods of study for entire bodies and specific fields of human knowledge? What did it mean then to become a methodical (or systematic) thinker or researcher?

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Seventeenth-century European intellectua

Question 16

Tycho Brahe contributed to the advance of astronomy by

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A)  working out the theory of inertia. 
B)  making accurate observations of the planets. 
C)  calculating the pull of gravity on the tides by the moon. 
D)  calculating the distance to the sun. 
E)  inventing the astrolabe. 
A)  working out the theory of inertia. 
B)  making accurate observations of the planets. 
C)  calculating the pull of gravity on the tides by the moon. 
D)  calculating the distance to the sun. 
E)  inventing the astrolabe.

Question 17

Which of the following created three laws of planetary motion that helped disprove the basic structure of the Ptolemaic system?

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A)  Johannes Kepler. 
B)  Tycho Brahe. 
C)  Nicolaus Copernicus. 
D)  Galileo. 
E)  Isaac Newton. 
A)  Johannes Kepler. 
B)  Tycho Brahe. 
C)  Nicolaus Copernicus. 
D)  Galileo. 
E)  Isaac Newton.

Question 18

Talk about:
-Antoine Lavoisier

Accepted Answer

Antoine Lavoisier was a French chemist w

Question 19

Galileo wrote

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A)  Pensées . 
B)  a translation of the Bible in Italian. 
C)  The Starry Messenger . 
D)  On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres . 
E)  Principia . 
A)  Pensées . 
B)  a translation of the Bible in Italian. 
C)  The Starry Messenger . 
D)  On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres . 
E)  Principia .

Question 20

Talk about:
-Scientific Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Scientific Revolution was a period o

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

What relationships existed between scientists and religious authorities?

William Harvey's On the Motion of the Heart and Blood refuted the ideas of

Talk about: -Pensées

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, female midwives

Galileo's idea that a body in motion continues in motion unless deflected by an external force is called the principle of

The immediate reaction of the clerics to the theories of Copernicus was

Talk about: -querelles des femmes

Galileo's Dialogue on the Two World Systems was chiefly an attempt to

Talk about: -French Royal Academy of Sciences

Because of the scientific successes and accomplishments of such women as Margaret Cavendish, Maria Merian, and Maria Winkelmann, most male scientists agreed, though reluctantly, that females had the same intellectual abilities as males.

The Inquisition found Galileo guilty of teaching condemned ideas and sentenced him

Talk about: -Margaret Cavendish

Talk about: -Galileo Galilei

Maria Sibylla Merian

Why were seventeenth-century European intellectuals so intent on developing methods of study for entire bodies and specific fields of human knowledge? What did it mean then to become a methodical (or systematic) thinker or researcher?

Tycho Brahe contributed to the advance of astronomy by

Which of the following created three laws of planetary motion that helped disprove the basic structure of the Ptolemaic system?

Talk about: -Antoine Lavoisier

Galileo wrote

Talk about: -Scientific Revolution

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The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

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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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