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Chapter 9 - Final Flashcards

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Who was the English astronomer for whom a commet is name?

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Halley

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Who is the scientist who wrote the skeptical chemist?

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Boyle

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Who developed a smallpox vaccine?

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Jenner 

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Who became the father of modern chemistry 

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Lavoisier 

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Who studied human anatomy

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Vesalius 

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Who discovered Uranus and made 40 foot long telescope

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Herschel 

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Who observed the earths orbit around the sun with a telescope

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Galilee

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Who therrorized that the earth revolves around the sun 

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Copernicus 

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Who studied the bodies circulatory system 

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Harvey

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Who studied calculus in the laws of gravity and motion? 

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Newton

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Who was a Christian and opposed enemiesof Christianity

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Robert Boyle

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Who read the Bible as a historical artifact rather than as the revelation from God

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Spinoza

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Which country developed a large economic empire without a monarchy

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The Dutch Republic

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Who trusted only human reason as the path to truth

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Descartes

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Who became the ruler of England after Cromwell’s death?

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Charles the second

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Which king was an absolute ruler and set an example for the rest of Europe;known as the king of France

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Louis XIV

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What influenced the American colonies?

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The English Bill of Rights

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What resulted in the establishment of the Protecorate

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The English Civil War

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Whose work with brass and iron shows man’s instinct to fulfill the creation mandate

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Tubalcain

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Russia continued the process of developing a strong enough monarchy, under the rule of who

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Catherine, the great

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What Greek mathematician became the father of geometry?

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Euclid

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What is a society that is free from religion

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 Secularism 

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I’m curious taught that people can find knowledge only through

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Experience

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Who introduced Muslim documents to medieval universities

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Albert, the great

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Who made significant contributions in the areas of physics geography and optics and astronomy

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Bacon

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What system of English government gradually increased parliament power?

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Cabinet 

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What is the name of the oath with which many modern doctors pledge to help people, and never do harm?

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Hippocratic oath

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Which countries did mother Teresa rule?

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Austria

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What early Greek geographer divides the lines of latitude and longitude found on maps today

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Eratosthenes

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Who led parliament armies during the English Civil War

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Oliver Cromwell

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Name the change in power in 17th century England that occurred without a war

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The glorious revolution

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Name the man that argued for
Empiricism

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John locke

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Name the husband and wife that signed the English bill of rights in exchange for the throne of England

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William and Mary

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Who was the father of medicine? 

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Hipocrites 

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Who believed that reason is the source of knowledge

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Rationalism

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Who demands that religion be excluded

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Secularism

37
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Who believes that experiences the source of knowledge?

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Empiricism 

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Human body is made of chemicals 

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Paracelsus

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Human anatomy

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Andreas Vasilis 

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Who built large telescopes

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William Herschel

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Who developed an economic empire, without the aid of a centralized monarchy?

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The Dutch

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Who have been ruled by kings of German descent?

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The English

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Who took the lead in exploring and expanding their empire

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The Spanish

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Who created the vaccine to prevent the spread of smallpox?

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Jenner

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Which church was King James, a strong supporter of

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The Roman church

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Catherine, the great continue to develop a strong monarchy in where

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Russia

47
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Who insisted that observation, not human reason, is the source of truth

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Locke

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Who became known as the father of modern chemistry

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Lavoisier 

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Who used to telescope to confirm that the Earth revolved around the sun

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Galileo

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Who studied the human circulatory

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Harvey

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Who became the model of an absolute monarch?

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Louis XIV

52
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Who was the first person to determine the lines of latitude and longitude?

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Eratosthenes

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