Question 1

According to the text, in his synthesis, the law of universal gravitation brought together

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A) the experimental successes of the new science, its mathematical sophistication, and its philosophical revolution. 
B) the ideas of Aristotle, Copernicus, and Galileo. 
C) the science of Kepler, Galileo, and Ptolemy. 
D) Descartes, Christian Neo-Platonism, Newton's mathematical genius, and Kepler. 
E) Christian Neo-Platonism, Aristotelianism, and Copernicus. 
A) the experimental successes of the new science, its mathematical sophistication, and its philosophical revolution. 
B) the ideas of Aristotle, Copernicus, and Galileo. 
C) the science of Kepler, Galileo, and Ptolemy. 
D) Descartes, Christian Neo-Platonism, Newton's mathematical genius, and Kepler. 
E) Christian Neo-Platonism, Aristotelianism, and Copernicus.

Question 2

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. The chapter describes the Scientific Revolution as a revolution both in cosmology (vision of the universe)and in methodology. Explain this. What was the old worldview and methodology, and what was the new world view and methodology?

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The Scientific Revolution was a period o

Question 3

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Central to the practice of modern science is the experimental method of investigation and testing scientific theories. Who were some of the pioneers of experimental method in the Scientific Revolution , and what were their achievements?

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The Scientific Revolution, which took pl

Question 4

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 cosmology

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Cosmology is the study of the origin, ev

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What conditions and attitudes  prepared Europe for the Scientific Revolution?

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The Scientific Revolution was a period o

Question 6

The Galenic theory of medicine was based on

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A) the conception that blood circulated. 
B) the concept of the humors. 
C) Neo-Platonic ideas. 
D) Aristotle's Botany. 
E) religion and magic. 
A) the conception that blood circulated. 
B) the concept of the humors. 
C) Neo-Platonic ideas. 
D) Aristotle's Botany. 
E) religion and magic.

Question 7

The matter and form theory of nature held that

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A) matter consisted of tiny corpuscles formed by natural forces. 
B) everything was made of matter shaped by form. 
C) matter was the substance of the universe while form was a human perception projected on matter. 
D) everything reflected forms which existed in a world beyond matter. 
E) matter and form can be expressed mathematically. 
A) matter consisted of tiny corpuscles formed by natural forces. 
B) everything was made of matter shaped by form. 
C) matter was the substance of the universe while form was a human perception projected on matter. 
D) everything reflected forms which existed in a world beyond matter. 
E) matter and form can be expressed mathematically.

Question 8

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
   Locate and label the place where the Scientific Revolution began and the place where it reached its climax.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 9

The first observations of the moons around Jupiter were made by

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A) Brahe. 
B) Kepler. 
C) Galileo. 
D) Bacon. 
E) Newton. 
A) Brahe. 
B) Kepler. 
C) Galileo. 
D) Bacon. 
E) Newton.

Question 10

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the source of medical concepts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. How might new medical ideas threaten the traditional medical practitioner? Discuss whether the reaction of the medical elite of that day holds lessons for the present.

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The source of medical concepts in the si

Question 11

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 epicycles

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Epicycles

Who?
The concept of epicycles

Question 12

The language of the new science - and of the universe it sought to understand - was

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A) poetry. 
B) mathematics. 
C) allegory. 
D) geometry. 
E) faith. 
A) poetry. 
B) mathematics. 
C) allegory. 
D) geometry. 
E) faith.

Question 13

The first scientific society in the world for women was established in

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A) England. 
B) France. 
C) the Dutch Republic. 
D) North America. 
E) There never was such a society. 
A) England. 
B) France. 
C) the Dutch Republic. 
D) North America. 
E) There never was such a society.

Question 14

Which of the following contributed LEAST  to the dissemination of the new scientific worldview in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

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A) academies founded by monarchs or other elites 
B) handbooks and lectures 
C) universities 
D) publications in the vernacular 
E) enthusiasm among much of the educated elite 
A) academies founded by monarchs or other elites 
B) handbooks and lectures 
C) universities 
D) publications in the vernacular 
E) enthusiasm among much of the educated elite

Question 15

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 scholastics

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Scholastics, also known as Scholasticism

Question 16

According to the text

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A) the road from the Scientific Revolution to the Industrial Revolution was much more direct than often believed. 
B) James Watt, who improved the steam engine had been tutored in Newtonian physics. 
C) microscopes and globes became quite fashionable among prosperous families. 
D) persecution and censorship of the new science persisted. 
E) all of the above 
A) the road from the Scientific Revolution to the Industrial Revolution was much more direct than often believed. 
B) James Watt, who improved the steam engine had been tutored in Newtonian physics. 
C) microscopes and globes became quite fashionable among prosperous families. 
D) persecution and censorship of the new science persisted. 
E) all of the above

Question 17

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 corpuscles

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Corpuscles are small, often microscopic,

Question 18

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 calculus

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Calculus is a branch of mathematics that

Question 19

Which of the following statements concerning the work of Newton is NOT true?

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A) Newton published his discoveries immediately after their formulation. 
B) Newton published under the sponsorship of the Royal Society. 
C) Newton  was persuaded to publish by Edmund Halley. 
D) Newton's  findings transformed the sciences of physics and optics. 
E) The  Principia Mathematica made the greater impact on Newton's contemporaries than his Opticks . 
A) Newton published his discoveries immediately after their formulation. 
B) Newton published under the sponsorship of the Royal Society. 
C) Newton  was persuaded to publish by Edmund Halley. 
D) Newton's  findings transformed the sciences of physics and optics. 
E) The  Principia Mathematica made the greater impact on Newton's contemporaries than his Opticks .

Question 20

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 spinozism

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Spinozism is a philosophical system deve

According to the text, in his synthesis, the law of universal gravitation brought together

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? cosmology

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What conditions and attitudes prepared Europe for the Scientific Revolution?

The Galenic theory of medicine was based on

The matter and form theory of nature held that

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the place where the Scientific Revolution began and the place where it reached its climax.

The first observations of the moons around Jupiter were made by

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? epicycles

The language of the new science - and of the universe it sought to understand - was

The first scientific society in the world for women was established in

Which of the following contributed LEAST to the dissemination of the new scientific worldview in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? scholastics

According to the text

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? corpuscles

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? calculus

Which of the following statements concerning the work of Newton is NOT true?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? spinozism

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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Exam 17: The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

According to the text, in his synthesis, the law of universal gravitation brought together

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? cosmology

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What conditions and attitudes prepared Europe for the Scientific Revolution?

The Galenic theory of medicine was based on

The matter and form theory of nature held that

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the place where the Scientific Revolution began and the place where it reached its climax.

The first observations of the moons around Jupiter were made by

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? epicycles

The language of the new science - and of the universe it sought to understand - was

The first scientific society in the world for women was established in

Which of the following contributed LEAST to the dissemination of the new scientific worldview in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? scholastics

According to the text

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? corpuscles

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? calculus

Which of the following statements concerning the work of Newton is NOT true?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? spinozism

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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