Intellectual Revolution

Question 1

Concerning the Revolutions of the Celestial World

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Ptolemy/Copernicus
1543

Question 2

What year, Copernicus death

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1543

Question 3

His calculations showed that those orbits were elliptical.

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Johannes Kepler

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First to successfully use math to define the workings of the cosmos.

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Galileo Galilei

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The Starry Messenger

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Galileo Galilei
1611

Question 6

Dialogue on the Great World Systems

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Galileo Galilei
1632

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It technically did not preach the copernican theory (which Galileo believed in}, but was only a dialogue presenting both views “equally”.

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Dialogue of the Great World Systems

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The first comprehensive attack on the Aristotelian/Ptolemaic cosmic model.

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Galileo’s work

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Prinicipia Mathematica

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Isaac Newton
1687

Question 10

Often seen as the start of the Enlightenment.

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Prinicipia Mathematica

Question 11

The Origin of Species

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Charles Darwin
1859

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Natural Theology

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Wiliiam Paley
1802

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The Bridgewater Treatises

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Written by eminent scientists
1833 to 1840

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Sigmund Freud
Birth and Death

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1856 to 1939

Question 15

Freud is still important in Western thought. Why?
2 reasons

Answer 15

Practical Significance
Psychological Perspective

Question 16

The most advanced Mesoamerican civilization

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Maya civilization

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Period where most accurate calendar ever designed.

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Mesoamerica
Maya civilization

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Manufacturer of rubber
Public sanitation (public latrines)

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Mesoamerica
Aztec civilization

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Only cultivated plant that was developed so early in human history that it’s wild ancestor is no longer known.

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Maize

Question 20

Year when several sculptures found at Meso-american sites

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1975, 1979, 1983
Dates back to 2000-1500 BC

Question 21

The most notable country in asia in terms of scientific and technological achievement, particularly in terms of electronics and automobile products.

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Japan

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Country that moving away from hardware production, instead turning to software and content development.

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Taiwan

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Their greater progress was made in astronomy and mathematics

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Mesopotamia

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They remained far behind the Mesopotamians in developing astronomy.

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Egyptians

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Mesopotamian medicine was less advanced than that of ___.

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Egypt

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Egyptians took an early lead at

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Engineering and Architecture

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They led in the development of such practical arts as irrigation.

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Mesopotamian

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They are the one to invent the alphabet

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Ancient Middle east

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Greatest accomplishment of ancient Middle East

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Alphabet

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It contributed vastly to the greek cultural and literary revolution in the immediately following period.

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Alphabet

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Applied sciences in Africa

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Agronomy Metallurgy Engineering Textile production Medicine

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'New World'

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West Africa

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Demonstrates the legacy of enslaved Africans to the Americas in the sphere of rice cultivation.

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Black Rice Judith Carnoy

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African plants adopted in Asia

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Coffee Oil palm Fonio and Acha ( digitaria exilis) African rice (oryza glabberima) Sorghum bicolor

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Integrated within contemporary pharmaceutical systems

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Hoodia gordonii Combrettum caffrum

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Africa's areas of scientific investigation

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Astronomy Physics Mathematics

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He has deepened our understanding of Malian cosmological needs and their perceptions of the structure of matter and the physical world.

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Laird Scranton Using extensive collection of Marcel Griaule

Question 38

Who calculated the volumes of masonry and building materials, as well as the slopes of pyramids, for construction purposes.

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Nubian builders

Question 39

He is the owner of the pyramid

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Nubian King Amanikhabale First century BCE

Question 40

It is well known for orthopedics (bone setting) as is the case of Funtua in Northern Nigeria.

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Borgu

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Two place where knowledge of specific medicinal plants was quite extensive.

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Aksum and Borgu

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Causes of Information Revolution

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Advances in semiconductor technology MOSFET IC chip

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MOSFET

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Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor

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Year when microprocessor chip was invented

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1971 Intel

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UFCS

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Undersea Fiber Communication Systems 2002

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Year when the first submarine cable was built

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1858 Sir Thomson and Cyrus Field

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Guttapercha to

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Polyethylene