Question 1

Talk about:
-Ptolemaic universe

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The Ptolemaic universe, also known as th

Question 2

Galileo is credited with the invention of the calculus.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What was the name of Descartes's book that expounded his theories about the universe?

Accepted Answer

A)  On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies. 
B)  On the Fabric of the Human Body. 
C)  Two Natures. 
D)  Mind Over Matter. 
E)  Discourse on Method. 
A)  On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies. 
B)  On the Fabric of the Human Body. 
C)  Two Natures. 
D)  Mind Over Matter. 
E)  Discourse on Method.

Question 4

Talk about:
-Blaise Pascal

Accepted Answer

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician

Question 5

Talk about:
-Robert Boyle

Accepted Answer

Robert Boyle was an Irish natural philos

Question 6

The philosophy of René Descartes

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A)  stressed a separation of mind and matter. 
B)  stressed a holistic universe of mind and matter devoid of a creator-God. 
C)  saw the material world as a living thing containing the human essence. 
D)  would not have a wide influence upon Western thought until the nineteenth century. 
E)  was condemned by the government of the Dutch Republic. 
A)  stressed a separation of mind and matter. 
B)  stressed a holistic universe of mind and matter devoid of a creator-God. 
C)  saw the material world as a living thing containing the human essence. 
D)  would not have a wide influence upon Western thought until the nineteenth century. 
E)  was condemned by the government of the Dutch Republic.

Question 7

Benedict de Spinoza

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A)  believed that humans were created separate from nature in order to rule the earth. 
B)  claimed that God was not just the creator the universe; God was the universe. 
C)  gained fame for his acceptance of Descartes's theory about the separation between mind and matter. 
D)  rejected all forms of pantheistic belief. 
E)  disagreed with the theory of a heliocentric universe. 
A)  believed that humans were created separate from nature in order to rule the earth. 
B)  claimed that God was not just the creator the universe; God was the universe. 
C)  gained fame for his acceptance of Descartes's theory about the separation between mind and matter. 
D)  rejected all forms of pantheistic belief. 
E)  disagreed with the theory of a heliocentric universe.

Question 8

Talk about:
-William Harvey

Accepted Answer

William Harvey was an English physician

Question 9

The cosmological views of the Later Middle Ages held that which of the following was the center of the universe?

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A)  The sun. 
B)  The earth. 
C)  Heaven. 
D)  The epicycles. 
E)  The moon. 
A)  The sun. 
B)  The earth. 
C)  Heaven. 
D)  The epicycles. 
E)  The moon.

Question 10

Tycho Brahe agreed with Copernicus that the earth does indeed move.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Talk about:
-Journal des Savants

Accepted Answer

The Journal des Savants, established in

Question 12

Talk about:
-Andreas Vesalius

Accepted Answer

Andreas Vesalius was a Belgian anatomist

Question 13

Talk about:
-Nicolaus Copernicus

Accepted Answer

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-er

Question 14

The Ptolemaic conception of the universe was also known as

Accepted Answer

A)  God's master plan. 
B)  the geocentric conception. 
C)  the lunacentric conception. 
D)  the expanding universe. 
E)  the pantheistic theory. 
A)  God's master plan. 
B)  the geocentric conception. 
C)  the lunacentric conception. 
D)  the expanding universe. 
E)  the pantheistic theory.

Question 15

For Spinoza, the failure to understand God led to

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A)  false worship of nature. 
B)  people using nature for their own self-interest. 
C)  a lack of moral judgment of others. 
D)  sexual perversion. 
E)  the establishment of divine right monarchies. 
A)  false worship of nature. 
B)  people using nature for their own self-interest. 
C)  a lack of moral judgment of others. 
D)  sexual perversion. 
E)  the establishment of divine right monarchies.

Question 16

Talk about:
-Aristotle

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk about:
-Aristotle...

Question 17

How did women contribute to the beginnings of modern science? How did male scientists view women and female scientists?

Accepted Answer

Women have made significant contribution

Question 18

Talk about:
-Tycho Brahe

Accepted Answer

Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer and

Question 19

What factors propelled the development of new scientific theories and methods in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

Several factors propelled the developmen

Question 20

Talk about:
-Maria Sibylla Merian

Accepted Answer

Maria Sibylla Merian was a pioneering na

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

Talk about: -Ptolemaic universe

Galileo is credited with the invention of the calculus.

What was the name of Descartes's book that expounded his theories about the universe?

Talk about: -Blaise Pascal

Talk about: -Robert Boyle

The philosophy of René Descartes

Benedict de Spinoza

Talk about: -William Harvey

The cosmological views of the Later Middle Ages held that which of the following was the center of the universe?

Tycho Brahe agreed with Copernicus that the earth does indeed move.

Talk about: -Journal des Savants

Talk about: -Andreas Vesalius

Talk about: -Nicolaus Copernicus

The Ptolemaic conception of the universe was also known as

For Spinoza, the failure to understand God led to

Talk about: -Aristotle

How did women contribute to the beginnings of modern science? How did male scientists view women and female scientists?

Talk about: -Tycho Brahe

What factors propelled the development of new scientific theories and methods in the seventeenth century?

Talk about: -Maria Sibylla Merian

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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