Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-Blaise Pascal

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Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician...

Question 2

Who was the first European to make systematic observations of the heavens by telescope?

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A)  Galileo
B)  Copernicus
C)  Galen
D)  Kepler
E)  NewtonF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

By what other name is the Ptolemaic conception of the universe?

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A)  God's master plan
B)  The geocentric conception
C)  The lunacentric conception
D)  The expanding universe
E)  The pantheistic theoryF) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-Galen

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Galen, also known as Galen of Pergamon, ...

Question 5

Eighteenth-century anatomical studies generally concluded that

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A)  men were capable of giving birth.
B)  women were not fully human.
C)  men were superior to women.
D)  men and women were biologically indistinguishable.
E)  women were superior to men.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

Which scientist's work led to the law that states that the volume of a gas varies with the pressure exerted upon it and the idea that matter is composed of atoms, later known as the chemical elements?

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A)  William Harvey
B)  Paracelsus
C)  Andreas Vesalius
D)  Robert Boyle
E)  Antoine LavoisierF) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Margaret Cavendish

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Margaret Cavendish, also known as the Du...

Question 8

____ was an ancient Greek physician.

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A)  Vesalius
B)  Euclid
C)  Ptolemy
D)  Galen
E)  AristotleF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

Who was Maria Winkelmann?

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A)  An English aristocrat
B)  A German astronomer
C)  A founder of England's Royal Society
D)  The mother of the more famous Robert Boyle
E)  A Dutch brewerF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 10

What existed at the center of the heliocentric conception of the universe?

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A)  The heavenly bodies
B)  The sun
C)  The earth
D)  God
E)  Human beingsF) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-scientific method

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The scientific method is a systematic ap...

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-Francis Bacon's inductive method

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Francis Bacon's inductive method, also k...

Question 13

Copernicus argued that the sun was in constant motion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-"music of the spheres"

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The term "music of the spheres" refers t...

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Andreas Vesalius

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Andreas Vesalius was a Belgian anatomist...

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Maria Winkelmann

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Maria Winkelmann was a German astronomer...

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Scientific Revolution

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The Scientific Revolution was a period o...

Question 18

The heliocentric theory

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A)  had little immediate impact.
B)  sparked an immediate and violent debate.
C)  was quickly accepted by the Church.
D)  made Copernicus a wealthy man.
E)  had little long-term impact on astronomy.F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-On the Fabric of the Human Body

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"On the Fabric of the Human Body" is a g...

Question 20

What was true of the English Royal Society?

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A)  It was created by royal order in 1603.
B)  It received little government encouragement.
C)  It was under direct government control.
D)  Its members were paid government officials.
E)  It was less important than its Italian counterparts.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

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

By what other name is the Ptolemaic conception of the universe?

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Who was Maria Winkelmann?

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Please define the following key terms. -Maria Winkelmann

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Please define the following key terms. -Blaise Pascal

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Who was the first European to make systematic observations of the heavens by telescope?

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What was true of the English Royal Society?

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Please define the following key terms. -scientific method

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Please define the following key terms. -Francis Bacon's inductive method

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____ was an ancient Greek physician.

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The heliocentric theory

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Please define the following key terms. -Galen

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Please define the following key terms. -Scientific Revolution

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Please define the following key terms. -"music of the spheres"

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Which scientist's work led to the law that states that the volume of a gas varies with the pressure exerted upon it and the idea that matter is composed of atoms, later known as the chemical elements?

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Copernicus argued that the sun was in constant motion.

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Please define the following key terms. -Margaret Cavendish

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Please define the following key terms. -On the Fabric of the Human Body

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What existed at the center of the heliocentric conception of the universe?

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Please define the following key terms. -Andreas Vesalius

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