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Geography 21.1 Quiz
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    Geography 21.1 Quiz

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    According to the scientific method, the best way to understand the physical world is to

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    A.read the opinions held by famous scientists.

    B.use inductive reasoning.

    C.begin with general principles.

    D.propose theories before doing anything else.

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    Rationalism is the belief that

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    A.the human mind is divine.

    B.matter is the main concern of science.

    C.the human mind is perfect.

    D.reason is the chief source of knowledge.

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    Why did women have to publish their scientific work anonymously?

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    A.Women were not as involved in science as men.

    B.Men had better minds than women.

    C.Only men were considered scholars in those times.

    D.Women did not want to have their names known. A.Women were not as involved in science as men.

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    Vesalius and Harvey contributed to the understanding of human anatomy by

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    A.dissecting bodies.

    B.viewing bodies through telescopes.

    C.studying gases.

    D.reasoning with the Church.

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    The universal law of gravitation was proposed b

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    A.Lavoisier.

    B.Copernicus.

    C.Galileo.

    D.Newton.

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    Why did the Catholic Church attack Galileo?

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    A.The system Galileo defended went against the Christian view of the universe.

    B.Galileo refused to share his new information with the Church.

    C.Most astronomers already agreed that the planets revolved around the sun.

    D.Motion in the universe had not yet been explained.

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    How did the telescope contribute to Galileo's theories?

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    A.Church elders could see the motion in the universe for themselves and support Galileo.

    B.The telescope made automatic measurements of the movements in the universe.

    C.Through the telescope, Galileo could see how bodies in the universe moved and what they were made of.

    D.Galileo invented the telescope and earned money to carry out his work selling them.

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    What did Kepler prove?

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    A.The sun revolves around Earth.

    B.Ptolemy's view of the universe was correct.

    C.Copernicus's theory was right.

    D.The planets do not revolve around anything.

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    Ptolemy believed that the universe was geocentric, or

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    A.Earth-centered.

    B.concentric.

    C.moon-centered.

    D.sun-centered

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    The new scientific method of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries relied on

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    A."natural philosophers."

    B.direct observation and experiment.

    C.Greek thinker Aristotle.

    D.scientific knowledge that already existed.

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    How are you feeling today?

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    Tired

    grateful

    energetic

    hopeful

    happy

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    Copernicus argued that the planets revolved around the ____________________.

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    sun

    planets;earth and other planets

    Kepler

    motion

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    ____________________ was a mathematician who showed that the orbits of the planets were elliptical.

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    sun

    planet; earth and other planets

    Kepler

    motion

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    Newton’s universal law of gravitation was important because it could explain all the ____________________ in the universe.

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    motion

    sun

    planet

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    Copernicus’s, Kepler’s, and Galileo’s theories were important because they all contributed to proving that the universe was centered around the ____________________.

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    sun
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    How did new technology such as the telescope and new theories such as Pascal’s Law lay the foundation of the Scientific Revolution?

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    A. The government used them to make scientific laws.

    B. Scientists used them to create new inventions and theories.

    C. Ordinary people used them in their everyday life.

    D. Philosophers used them to think about ancient Greek ideas.

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    Which of the following made it possible for scientists to practice direct observation?

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    A. natural philosophers

    B. Greek thinkers

    C. the telescope and microscope

    D. the printing press

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    Many intellectuals of the 1500s and 1600s did not take Margaret Cavendish’s work seriously because

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    A. she did not believe in rationalism.

    B. her work was not logical.

    C. her work was not signed.

    D. she was a woman.

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    Why did Descartes decide to set aside everything he had learned and begin again?

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    A. He doubted everything he had learned.

    B. Everything he had learned was wrong.

    C. Science was based on new information only.

    D. There were no science books

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    Francis Bacon believed that scientists should

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    A. use reasoning. ies.

    B. develop their own scientific methods.

    C. study philosophy.

    D. rely on ancient authorities.

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