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Newton's contribution to astronomy was to prove that
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he planets obey the same laws as do objects on earth.
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The general conception of the universe before Copernicus was that
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b. the earth was the stationary center and heavenly spheres orbited it.
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The Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century
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a. although an innovative phase in western thinking, was based upon the intellectual and scientific accomplishments of previous centuries. Correct
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Galileo was convicted of heresy and sentenced to house arrest for life in 1633 for
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ridiculing the Ptolemaic model in print.
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Galileo's ideas on motion included the
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principle of inertia
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Which of these ancient authorities was not relied on by medieval scholars?
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Galileo
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The ideas of Copernicus were
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nearly as complicated as those of Ptolemy.
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The Ptolemaic conception of the universe was also known as
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the geocentric conception
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The immediate reaction of the clerics to the theories of Copernicus
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condemnation, initially by Protestant leaders like Luther who condemned the discovery as contrary to their literal interpretation of the Bible
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Isaac Newton's scientific discoveries
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although readily accepted in his own country, were resisted on the continent
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The role of women in the Scientific Revolution is illustrated by
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Margaret Cavendish, who participated in her era's scientific debates
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Among the following, who is not associated with major changes in sixteenth and seventeenth-century scientific research?
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Galen
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Benedict Spinoza believed that women
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were "naturally" inferior to men.
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The overall effect of the Scientific Revolution on the argument about women was to
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generate facts about differences between men and women that were used to prove male dominance
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William Harvey's On the Motion of the Heart and Blood refuted the ideas of
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the liver as the beginning point of the circulation of blood.
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Antoine Lavoisier
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is regarded as the father of modern chemistry
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The scientific societies of early modern Europe established the first
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scientific journals appearing regularly.
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For Spinoza, the failure to understand God led to
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people using nature for their own self-interest
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Organized religions in the seventeenth century
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rejected scientific discoveries that conflicted with the Christian view of the world
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During the seventeenth century, royal and princely patronage of science
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became an international phenomenon
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Science became an integral part of Western culture in the eighteenth century because
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it offered a new means to make profits and maintain social order
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What was the name of Descartes' book that expounded his theories about the universe?
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Discourse on Method
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In his work Pensees, Pascal
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attempted to convince rationalists that Christianity was valid by appealing to their reason and emotions
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Concerning the first important scientific societies, the French Academy differed from the English Royal Society in the former's
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government support and control
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Which one of the following comments best summarizes impact of the Scientific Revolution on Western Civilization?
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It was a major turning poin
