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Scientific .Revolution .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-advances .in .the .knowledge .of .how
.nature .works, .included .new .discoveries .and .solved .ancient .problems, .moved
.knowledge .from .uncertainty .to .uncertainty, .came .in .the .fields .of .physics,
.astronomy, .and .medicine
alchemy .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-the .belief .that .matter .could .be .understood .and
.transformed .by .mixing .substances .and .using .secret .formulas, .a .famous
.alchemist .was .Paracelsus, .who .said .that .metals .as .well .as .plants .might .have
.medicinal .properties
Vesalius .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-influenced .anatomy .and .astronomy, .wrote .The
.Structure .of .the .Human .Body, .member .of .the .Padua .faculty, .pointed .out .errors
.in .the .work .of .Galen, .he .used .dessections .to .produce .anatomical .descriptions
.that .opened .a .new .era .of .careful .observation .and .experimentation .in .the .study
.of .bodies, .influenced .anatomy .to .move .to .a .new .level
Copernicus .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-wrote .On .the .Revolutions .of .the .Heavenly
.Spheres, .said .that .the .calculations .of .planetary .movements .of .Ptolemy .were
.way .too .complex .but .Copernicus's .were .also .complex, .he .believed .in .the
.heliocentric .theory, .which .said .the .sun .is .the .center .of .the .universe, .Polish,
.successors .found .his .calculations .to .be .indespensable, .ideas .became .a .part .of
.inellectual .discussion, .influenced .the .creation .of .the .Gregorian .calendar, .the
.scholarly .community .argued .over .the .certainty .of .Copernicus's .ideas
Tycho .Brahe .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-the .leading .astronomer .of .the .era, .produced
.the .most .remarkable .observations .of .the .heavens .before .the .invention .of .the
.telescope .by .plotting .the .path .of .the .moon .and .planets .every .night .for
.decades, .came .up .with .an .uneasy .theory .that .was .a .compromise .between .the
.Ptolemaic .and .Copernican .systems
Kepler .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-German, .made .major .advances .in .the .work .of
.Copernicus .and .helped .resolve .the .uncertainties .in .astronomy, .believed .that
.only .the .language .of .math .could .describe .the .movements .of .the .heavens,
,.famous .astrologer, .thought .Copernicus .was .right, .wanted .to .confirm .the
.heliocentric .theory .right, .discovered .the .three .laws .of .planetary .motion,
.opened .a .new .era .in .astronomy, .proved .that .orbits .of .the .planets .are .ellipses
.and .that .there .is .a .regularity .based .on .their .distance .from .the .sun .which
.determines .the .movements .of .all .planets
Galileo .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Italian, .first .to .perceive .the .connection .between
.planetary .motion .and .motion .on .the .earth, .came .up .with .the .theory .of .inertia,
.was .1st .to .infer .that .Jupiter .has .satellites .and .moons, .taught .the .heliocentric
.theory, .which .caused .trouble .with .the .church, .they .told .him .to .quit .teaching
.this .and .in .fear .of .excommunication, .he .renounced .beliefs, .invented .the
.telescope, .was .one .of .the .first .to .approach .his .work .in .the .same .way .as
.modern .scientists, .wrote .Dialogue .on .the .Two .Great .World .Systems, .advocated
.experience, .reason, .and .doubt, .did .not .let .common .sense .and .theological
.teachings .get .in .the .way
Pope .Gregory .XIII .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-decided .to .reform .the .calendar .in .1582,
.creating .the .Greorian .calendar
William .Harvey .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-English .doctor, .revolutionized .the
.understanding .of .the .human .body .when .he .ientified .the .function .of .the .heart
.and .proved .that .the .blood .circulates
Newton .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-contributed .to .math, .physics, .and .astronomy, .he
.combined .these .three .to .explain .motion, .developed .calculus .and .the .basic .laws
.of .modern .physics, .which .govern .the .motion .of .the .moon .and .the .planets,
.wrote .Principia, .which .said .that .math .and .experiments .prove .science .and .give
.it .certainty, .active .participation .in .meetings .of .the .Royal .Society .of .London,
.provided .the .expanation .of .the .movement .of .objects .in .space, .said .that .the
.world .was .stable .and .orderly, .first .scientist .to .receive .a .knighthood .in .England
epistemology .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-a .new .theory .of .how .to .obtain .and .verify
.knowledge
Bacon .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-inspired .scientists .with .what .they .could .contribute
.to .society, .said .that .science .is .the .savior .of .humans, .greatest .of .science's
.propagandists, .wrote .the .New .Atlantis, .which .held .his .view .of .an .ideal .society,
.believed .in .induction
induction .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-starting .with .observation, .the .logical .process
.by .which .one .moves .to .general .principles, .advocated .by .Bacon
Descartes .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-French, .made .first .attempt .to .apply .the .new
.methods .of .science .to .theories .of .knowledge, .said .that .people .can .be .deceived
.by .their .senses, .so .one .should .apply .all .knowledge .to .the .princple .of .doubt,
.refusal .to .accept .an .authority .without .verification, .came .up .with ."I .think
.therefore .I .am." .showed .the .difference .between .faith .and .reality .and .the
.difference .between .science .and .fate .and .perception, .theoretical .instead .of
, .experimental, .found .difference .between .mass .and .weight, .used .deduction,
.wrote .the .Discourses
deduction .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-knowing .a .fact .with .certainty, .therefore .you
.can .deduce .another .fact, .gaining .facts .from .facts, .advocated .by .Descartes
Pascal .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-said .that .faith .was .more .important .than .science,
.truths .found .in .science .are .limited, .wrote .the .Pensees, .anxious .about .the
.growing .influence .of .science
Royal .Society .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-formed .by .Robert .Boyle .and .eleven .others
.in .1660, .acted .as .a .more .permanent .and .systematic .organization .of .scientific
.activity, .granted .a .charter .by .Charles .II, .served .as .a .headquarters .and .clearing
.center .for .research, .began .publishing .Philosophical .Transactions
Mannerism .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-attempt .to .escape .reality, .echoed .by .painters
.called .Mannerists, .El .Greco .was .a .huge .mannerist, .who .cultivated .artificial .and
.esoteric .images .of .the .world
El .Greco .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Greek, .compelling, .mystic,created .an
.otherworldly .alternative .to .the .troubles .of .his .time, .cool .colors, .eerie .lighting,
.elongated .and .agonized .humans, .used .perspective, .a .skeptic
Montaigne .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-French, .obsessed .with .death, .directly
.adressed .issues .he .struggled .with .and .created .the .essay .thru .this, .inspired .the
.search .for .self .knowledge, .at .first .he .was .skeptical .about .finding .self
.knowledge .but .realized .that .he .could
Neostoicism .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-inspired .by .the .ancients .Stoics' .emphasis
.on .self-knowledge .and .a .calm .acceptance .of .the .world, .Justus .Lipsius .argued
.that .public .leaders .should .be .guided .by .profound .self-examination,
.restrainment .and .self-discipline
Cervantes .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-wrote .Don .Quixote, .which .is .about .windmills
.that .he .thinks .are .giants .so .he .fights .them, .shows .social .satire, .captures .the
.disillusionment .that .accompanied .the .political .and .economic .decline .of
.Europe's .most .powerful .state, .ridiculing .the .excessive .chivalry .of .Spanish
.nobility
Shakespeare .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-used .both .good .and .bad .imagery, .he .made
.timeless .statements .about .human .behavior, .used .love, .hatred, .violence, .sin,
.stability, .instability, .patriotism, .showed .all .sides .of .man, .uses .humans .to .glaze
.over .problems, .wrote .tragedies .and .how .humans .feal .with .change, .conveyed
.the .tensions .of .the .time
Baroque .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-grew .as .a .result .of .sense .and .assurance .of
.settlement .after .1600, .different .from .mannerism .because .people .wanted .to
.forget .it .and .it .was .uneasy, .had .more .grandeur, .passion, .drama, .and .mystery,
Exam Questions and Answers A+
Graded
Scientific .Revolution .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-advances .in .the .knowledge .of .how
.nature .works, .included .new .discoveries .and .solved .ancient .problems, .moved
.knowledge .from .uncertainty .to .uncertainty, .came .in .the .fields .of .physics,
.astronomy, .and .medicine
alchemy .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-the .belief .that .matter .could .be .understood .and
.transformed .by .mixing .substances .and .using .secret .formulas, .a .famous
.alchemist .was .Paracelsus, .who .said .that .metals .as .well .as .plants .might .have
.medicinal .properties
Vesalius .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-influenced .anatomy .and .astronomy, .wrote .The
.Structure .of .the .Human .Body, .member .of .the .Padua .faculty, .pointed .out .errors
.in .the .work .of .Galen, .he .used .dessections .to .produce .anatomical .descriptions
.that .opened .a .new .era .of .careful .observation .and .experimentation .in .the .study
.of .bodies, .influenced .anatomy .to .move .to .a .new .level
Copernicus .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-wrote .On .the .Revolutions .of .the .Heavenly
.Spheres, .said .that .the .calculations .of .planetary .movements .of .Ptolemy .were
.way .too .complex .but .Copernicus's .were .also .complex, .he .believed .in .the
.heliocentric .theory, .which .said .the .sun .is .the .center .of .the .universe, .Polish,
.successors .found .his .calculations .to .be .indespensable, .ideas .became .a .part .of
.inellectual .discussion, .influenced .the .creation .of .the .Gregorian .calendar, .the
.scholarly .community .argued .over .the .certainty .of .Copernicus's .ideas
Tycho .Brahe .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-the .leading .astronomer .of .the .era, .produced
.the .most .remarkable .observations .of .the .heavens .before .the .invention .of .the
.telescope .by .plotting .the .path .of .the .moon .and .planets .every .night .for
.decades, .came .up .with .an .uneasy .theory .that .was .a .compromise .between .the
.Ptolemaic .and .Copernican .systems
Kepler .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-German, .made .major .advances .in .the .work .of
.Copernicus .and .helped .resolve .the .uncertainties .in .astronomy, .believed .that
.only .the .language .of .math .could .describe .the .movements .of .the .heavens,
,.famous .astrologer, .thought .Copernicus .was .right, .wanted .to .confirm .the
.heliocentric .theory .right, .discovered .the .three .laws .of .planetary .motion,
.opened .a .new .era .in .astronomy, .proved .that .orbits .of .the .planets .are .ellipses
.and .that .there .is .a .regularity .based .on .their .distance .from .the .sun .which
.determines .the .movements .of .all .planets
Galileo .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Italian, .first .to .perceive .the .connection .between
.planetary .motion .and .motion .on .the .earth, .came .up .with .the .theory .of .inertia,
.was .1st .to .infer .that .Jupiter .has .satellites .and .moons, .taught .the .heliocentric
.theory, .which .caused .trouble .with .the .church, .they .told .him .to .quit .teaching
.this .and .in .fear .of .excommunication, .he .renounced .beliefs, .invented .the
.telescope, .was .one .of .the .first .to .approach .his .work .in .the .same .way .as
.modern .scientists, .wrote .Dialogue .on .the .Two .Great .World .Systems, .advocated
.experience, .reason, .and .doubt, .did .not .let .common .sense .and .theological
.teachings .get .in .the .way
Pope .Gregory .XIII .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-decided .to .reform .the .calendar .in .1582,
.creating .the .Greorian .calendar
William .Harvey .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-English .doctor, .revolutionized .the
.understanding .of .the .human .body .when .he .ientified .the .function .of .the .heart
.and .proved .that .the .blood .circulates
Newton .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-contributed .to .math, .physics, .and .astronomy, .he
.combined .these .three .to .explain .motion, .developed .calculus .and .the .basic .laws
.of .modern .physics, .which .govern .the .motion .of .the .moon .and .the .planets,
.wrote .Principia, .which .said .that .math .and .experiments .prove .science .and .give
.it .certainty, .active .participation .in .meetings .of .the .Royal .Society .of .London,
.provided .the .expanation .of .the .movement .of .objects .in .space, .said .that .the
.world .was .stable .and .orderly, .first .scientist .to .receive .a .knighthood .in .England
epistemology .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-a .new .theory .of .how .to .obtain .and .verify
.knowledge
Bacon .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-inspired .scientists .with .what .they .could .contribute
.to .society, .said .that .science .is .the .savior .of .humans, .greatest .of .science's
.propagandists, .wrote .the .New .Atlantis, .which .held .his .view .of .an .ideal .society,
.believed .in .induction
induction .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-starting .with .observation, .the .logical .process
.by .which .one .moves .to .general .principles, .advocated .by .Bacon
Descartes .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-French, .made .first .attempt .to .apply .the .new
.methods .of .science .to .theories .of .knowledge, .said .that .people .can .be .deceived
.by .their .senses, .so .one .should .apply .all .knowledge .to .the .princple .of .doubt,
.refusal .to .accept .an .authority .without .verification, .came .up .with ."I .think
.therefore .I .am." .showed .the .difference .between .faith .and .reality .and .the
.difference .between .science .and .fate .and .perception, .theoretical .instead .of
, .experimental, .found .difference .between .mass .and .weight, .used .deduction,
.wrote .the .Discourses
deduction .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-knowing .a .fact .with .certainty, .therefore .you
.can .deduce .another .fact, .gaining .facts .from .facts, .advocated .by .Descartes
Pascal .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-said .that .faith .was .more .important .than .science,
.truths .found .in .science .are .limited, .wrote .the .Pensees, .anxious .about .the
.growing .influence .of .science
Royal .Society .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-formed .by .Robert .Boyle .and .eleven .others
.in .1660, .acted .as .a .more .permanent .and .systematic .organization .of .scientific
.activity, .granted .a .charter .by .Charles .II, .served .as .a .headquarters .and .clearing
.center .for .research, .began .publishing .Philosophical .Transactions
Mannerism .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-attempt .to .escape .reality, .echoed .by .painters
.called .Mannerists, .El .Greco .was .a .huge .mannerist, .who .cultivated .artificial .and
.esoteric .images .of .the .world
El .Greco .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Greek, .compelling, .mystic,created .an
.otherworldly .alternative .to .the .troubles .of .his .time, .cool .colors, .eerie .lighting,
.elongated .and .agonized .humans, .used .perspective, .a .skeptic
Montaigne .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-French, .obsessed .with .death, .directly
.adressed .issues .he .struggled .with .and .created .the .essay .thru .this, .inspired .the
.search .for .self .knowledge, .at .first .he .was .skeptical .about .finding .self
.knowledge .but .realized .that .he .could
Neostoicism .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-inspired .by .the .ancients .Stoics' .emphasis
.on .self-knowledge .and .a .calm .acceptance .of .the .world, .Justus .Lipsius .argued
.that .public .leaders .should .be .guided .by .profound .self-examination,
.restrainment .and .self-discipline
Cervantes .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-wrote .Don .Quixote, .which .is .about .windmills
.that .he .thinks .are .giants .so .he .fights .them, .shows .social .satire, .captures .the
.disillusionment .that .accompanied .the .political .and .economic .decline .of
.Europe's .most .powerful .state, .ridiculing .the .excessive .chivalry .of .Spanish
.nobility
Shakespeare .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-used .both .good .and .bad .imagery, .he .made
.timeless .statements .about .human .behavior, .used .love, .hatred, .violence, .sin,
.stability, .instability, .patriotism, .showed .all .sides .of .man, .uses .humans .to .glaze
.over .problems, .wrote .tragedies .and .how .humans .feal .with .change, .conveyed
.the .tensions .of .the .time
Baroque .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-grew .as .a .result .of .sense .and .assurance .of
.settlement .after .1600, .different .from .mannerism .because .people .wanted .to
.forget .it .and .it .was .uneasy, .had .more .grandeur, .passion, .drama, .and .mystery,
