Intellectual Revolution

Question 1

What ancient tool used to answer people’s curiosity caused a paradigm shift in how the Earth and Sun were placed in the universe?

Answer 1

Telescope of ancient civilization

Question 2

Who published the book “The Origin of Species” and emphasized that humans are the result of evolution?

Answer 2

Charles Darwin

Question 3

Which theory revolutionized psychiatry and involved the human development contributing to personality?

Answer 3

Freudian theory

Question 4

Who invented the Turing machine in 1936, which is considered an early computer?

Answer 4

Alan Turing

Question 5

What agricultural technique did the Aztec civilization use to farm around small lakes?

Answer 5

Chinampa

Question 6

Which civilization used cocoa beans as a currency ?

Answer 6

Maya civilization

Question 7

What was the Inca civilization’s knot-tying method called, which served as their system of writing?

Answer 7

Quipu

Question 8

What traditional Indian medicine is based on Ayurvedic practices?

Answer 8

Ayurveda

Question 8

Who is considered the father of modern optics and contributed to the development of the pinhole camera?

Answer 8

Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham

Question 9

What era is known as the Computer Age that has brought so much change in how we live today?

Answer 9

Information Age

Question 10

Who is known as the father of Indian medicine and authored the Sushruta Samhita?

Answer 10

Sushruta

Question 11

What scientific and mathematical figure from the Middle East is known for his work on algorithms and astronomy?

Answer 11

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī

Question 12

What ball game using rubber was popular in the Maya civilization?

Answer 12

Tlatchtli

Question 13

What mathematical text, authored by an Indian mathematician, is known for its contributions to trigonometry?

Answer 13

Aryabhatiya

Question 14

It is also known as Taoist chemistry

Answer 14

Alchemy

Question 15

What agricultural device did the Middle East improve upon, originally invented by the Romans?

Answer 15

Noria (improved watermill)

Question 16

What labor system was implemented by the Inca civilization?

Answer 16

Mita system

Question 17

What scientific and intellectual period changed people’s perceptions and beliefs, also known as the Age of Reason?

Answer 17

Intellectual Revolution

Question 18

What event rejected the Ptolemaic model and proved the heliocentric model of the solar system?

Answer 18

Copernican Revolution

Question 19

What agricultural product was an important source of beverages in Africa?

Answer 19

Coffee beans

Question 19

What phrase did Charles Darwin’s theory introduce, which explains how species adapt and survive in their environments?

Answer 19

Survival of the fittest

Question 20

What tool did the Aztec civilization use for timekeeping and scheduling religious events?

Answer 20

Aztec calendar

Question 21

Who is known for pioneering psychoanalysis and developing theories about the human mind and personality?

Answer 21

Sigmund Freud

Question 21

What scientific and mathematical contributions did Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī make?

Answer 21

Algorithm and astronomy

Question 22

What region is known for being a center of alchemy, involving the transformation of substances, particularly metals?

Answer 22

Africa