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Module 2: "Intellectual Revolutions that Defined Society" Flashcards

1
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________ it is the period where paradigm shifts occurred and where scientific beliefs that have been widely embraced and accepted by the people were challenged and opposed. 16th Century

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Copernicus Revolution

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2
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Earth is the center of the universe

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Geocentric

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Polish mathematician and astronomer

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Nicolaus Copernicus (Heliocentric model)

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He said “Planets move in elliptical orbits and the sun at the center”

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Johannes Kepler

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The branch of Science concerned with using extremely long and complicated formulas to describe how a ball rolls

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Physics

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6
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Developed his own Telescope and observed Venus

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Galileo Galilie

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Was a British Naturalist and Biologist known for his theory of evolution and his understanding of process of “Natural Selection”

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Charles Darwin

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Is a theory of biological evolution developed by the English Naturalist

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Darwinism

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Is a phrase that originated from Darwinian Evolutionary Theory as a way of describing the mechanism on natural selection

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“Survival of the Fittest”

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10
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Scientific method of understanding inner unconcious conflicts embedded within one’s personality.

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Psychoanalysis

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11
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Discovery of a way of locating in the mind objective entities which can be studied like physical things

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Freudian Revolution

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12
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Freud described that the brain can be segmented into compartments (3)

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Ego
- Decision making

Super Ego
- Moral and Values

ID
- Unconscious
- pleasure

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13
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Four stages of Freud’s Psychosexual stages

OAPL

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Oral stage (Mouth) birth - 1
Anal stage (Bowel and Bladder control) 1 - 3
Phallic stage (Genitals) 3 - 6
Latent stage (Lipidos) 6 up

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14
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Term used to describe the energy created by the survival and sexual instincts

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Libido

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15
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Two components of dream

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  1. Manifest Content (normal)
  2. Latent Content (hidden meaning)
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16
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MESO meaning “_____”

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Middle

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17
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3 Major Civilizations of MESOAMERICA

MIA

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  1. Maya
  2. Inca
  3. Aztec
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18
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Civilization lasted 2000 years

one of the most advanced societies in MesoAmerica

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Mayan Civilization

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19
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Sun is located directly at the top of __________ during spring or Fall Equinoxes

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Chichen Itza

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One of the world’s first civilization to use writing system known as the ____________

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Mayan Hieroglyphics

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21
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Useful for planning their activities and in observing their religious rituals and cultural celebrations

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Mayan Calendar

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22
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The most popular ball game were players struck the ball with hips and are not allowed to use their hands

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POK-TA-POK

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Extensive irrigation system, fed by nine streams that ran through palanque to the fields below

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Hydraulic System

24
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Made advanced scientific ideas considering their limitations as an old civilazation

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Inca Civilization

25
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Roads were finished with precisely arranged paving stones or cobbles

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Inca Road System

26
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Can surmount earthquakes and other disasters

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Inca Stone Building

27
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what bridge

The bridges were an integral part of the Inca road system and exemplify Inca innovation in engineering

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Suspension buildings

28
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used by Inca for collecting data and keeping records.

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Quipu

29
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Highly decorative textile came to symbolize both wealth and status

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Inca Textile

30
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Has also made substantial contributions to science and technology

  • Mandatory Education
  • Chocolates
  • Chinampa
  • Invention of Canoe
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Aztec Civilization

31
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Made from the Cacao tree known as Xocatl

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Aztec Chocolate

32
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Believed to help relieve insomnia.

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Antipasmodic Medication

33
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Referred to as “floating gardens”

________ are artificial island that created by interweaving reeds with stakes beneath the lake’s surface

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Chinampa

34
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Aztec Calendar consisted 365-days cycle called __________

A

xiuhpohualli

35
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Aztec Calendar consisted 260-days cycle called __________

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Tonalpohualli

36
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Biggest Continent in the world

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Asian Civilization

37
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What Civilization

Known for:
- Manufacturing iron and metallurgical works
- Famous in medicines
- Mathematics

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India Civilization

38
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One of the world’s oldest holistic healing system

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Ayurveda

39
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Indian astronomer and mathematician

Introduced trigonometric functions, Algorithms of Algebra

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Aytabhata

40
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He suggested that gravity was a force of attraction, the use of zero, along with the Hindu-Arabic numeral system

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Brahmagupta

41
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Founder of mathematical analysis

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Madhava of Sangamagrama

42
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A form of alternative medicine and a key component of traditional Chinese Medicine in which thin needles are inserted into the body

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Acupuncture

43
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made from iron oxide, a mineral ore. Used a lodestone(which automatically points to the souths) and a bronze plate

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Chinese Compass

44
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Dominantly occupied by Muslims

Common language of Arabic

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Middle East Civilization

45
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  • Father of Optics
  • Emprical roof of the intromissions theory of lights
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IBN AL-HAYTHAM

46
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  • Pioneered the science of experimental medicine and was the first physician to conduct clinical trials
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IBN SINA

47
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Two books of IBN SINA

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Book of healing
The canon of medicine

48
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What Civilization

Blessed with natural and mineral sources

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Africa Civilization

49
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_______ Were developed and used to build rectilinear structures

A

Geometry

50
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Tool used for multiplication, division, and simple mathematical calculation

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Lebombo bone

51
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who
Law of gravitation

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Isaac Newton

52
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Who
Cassiopeia

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Tycho Barahe

53
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Who
Planets move in elliptical orbit and the sun at the center

A

Johannes Kepler

54
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Who
Developed his own telescope and observed venus

A

Galileo Galilei

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