Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Tycho Brahe

Accepted Answer

Tycho Brahe was a Danish astronomer and

Question 3

Science became an integral part of Western culture in the eighteenth century because

Accepted Answer

A)  people perceived it to be rationally superior to other belief systems. 
B)  its mechanistic nature was popular with the lower classes. 
C)  the victory of radical political groups, such as the Levellers, following the Puritan Revolution encouraged freedom of expression. 
D)  it offered a new means to make profits and maintain social order. 
E)  it allowed an alternative religious belief system to that of Christianity. 
A)  people perceived it to be rationally superior to other belief systems. 
B)  its mechanistic nature was popular with the lower classes. 
C)  the victory of radical political groups, such as the Levellers, following the Puritan Revolution encouraged freedom of expression. 
D)  it offered a new means to make profits and maintain social order. 
E)  it allowed an alternative religious belief system to that of Christianity.

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Rene Descartes

Accepted Answer

René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 Febru

Question 5

During the seventeenth century, royal and princely patronage of science

Accepted Answer

A)  declined greatly. 
B)  was common only in Italy. 
C)  became an international phenomenon. 
D)  replaced funding by the church. 
E)  was directed only towards pure research. 
A)  declined greatly. 
B)  was common only in Italy. 
C)  became an international phenomenon. 
D)  replaced funding by the church. 
E)  was directed only towards pure research.

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Blaise Pascal

Accepted Answer

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-universal law of gravitation

Accepted Answer

The universal law of gravitation, formul

Question 8

Unlike Francis Bacon, who argued that humanity's powers were to be used to "conquer nature," Benedict de Spinoza claimed that nature does not exist for human domination because nature and the universe and humanity itself are all part of God.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

How was the new scientific knowledge spread in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

In the seventeenth century, new scientif

Question 10

The scientific societies of early modern Europe established the first

Accepted Answer

A)  fund-raising events for medical research. 
B)  scientific journals appearing regularly. 
C)  code of ethics for experimentation on humans and animals. 
D)  college departments for scientific study. 
E)  international European institutions for the study of all branches of science and mathematics. 
A)  fund-raising events for medical research. 
B)  scientific journals appearing regularly. 
C)  code of ethics for experimentation on humans and animals. 
D)  college departments for scientific study. 
E)  international European institutions for the study of all branches of science and mathematics.

Question 11

Galileo's ideas on motion included the

Accepted Answer

A)  law of planetary motion. 
B)  idea that a rush of air behind a projectile kept it in motion. 
C)  law of force x distance. 
D)  spring reaction model. 
E)  principle of inertia. 
A)  law of planetary motion. 
B)  idea that a rush of air behind a projectile kept it in motion. 
C)  law of force x distance. 
D)  spring reaction model. 
E)  principle of inertia.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-English Royal Society

Accepted Answer

The English Royal Society, also known as

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-rationalism

Accepted Answer

Rationalism is a philosophical doctrine

Question 15

Galileo wrote

Accepted Answer

A)  nothing of note. 
B)  a translation of the Bible in Italian. 
C)  The Starry Messenger. 
D)  On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres. 
E)  Principia. 
A)  nothing of note. 
B)  a translation of the Bible in Italian. 
C)  The Starry Messenger. 
D)  On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres. 
E)  Principia.

Question 16

The general conception of the universe before Copernicus was that

Accepted Answer

A)  it was orderly with heaven at the center and the earth circling around it. 
B)  the earth was the stationary center and heavenly spheres orbited it. 
C)  the earth rested on the shell of a giant tortoise. 
D)  it could not be revealed according to God's will. 
E)  the world was flat. 
A)  it was orderly with heaven at the center and the earth circling around it. 
B)  the earth was the stationary center and heavenly spheres orbited it. 
C)  the earth rested on the shell of a giant tortoise. 
D)  it could not be revealed according to God's will. 
E)  the world was flat.

Question 17

To what extent was the Scientific Revolution a continuation of old modes of thinking, knowledge, and perspectives?

Accepted Answer

The Scientific Revolution can be seen as

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"God's handiwork"

Accepted Answer

"God's handiwork" refers to anything tha

Question 19

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 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Aristotle

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Aristotle...

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

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Tycho Brahe

Science became an integral part of Western culture in the eighteenth century because

IDENTIFICATIONS -Rene Descartes

During the seventeenth century, royal and princely patronage of science

IDENTIFICATIONS -Blaise Pascal

IDENTIFICATIONS -universal law of gravitation

Unlike Francis Bacon, who argued that humanity's powers were to be used to "conquer nature," Benedict de Spinoza claimed that nature does not exist for human domination because nature and the universe and humanity itself are all part of God.

How was the new scientific knowledge spread in the seventeenth century?

The scientific societies of early modern Europe established the first

Galileo's ideas on motion included the

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -English Royal Society

IDENTIFICATIONS -rationalism

Galileo wrote

The general conception of the universe before Copernicus was that

To what extent was the Scientific Revolution a continuation of old modes of thinking, knowledge, and perspectives?

IDENTIFICATIONS -"God's handiwork"

The Ptolemaic conception of the universe was also known as

IDENTIFICATIONS -Aristotle

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

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