BJU World Studies Ch. 9 4th Edition

Question 1

Who observed the earth’s orbit?

Accepted Answer

Galilei

Question 2

Who studied calculus and gravity?

Accepted Answer

Newton

Question 3

Who made contributions in physics and optics?

Accepted Answer

Bacon

Question 4

Who developed the lines of latitude and longitude?

Accepted Answer

Eratosthenes

Question 5

Who trusted only human reason?

Accepted Answer

Descartes

Question 6

Who became the Father of Geometry?

Accepted Answer

Euclid

Question 7

Who discovered Uranus?

Accepted Answer

Herschel

Question 8

Which country did Maria Theresa rule?

Accepted Answer

Austria

Question 9

Who studied the body’s circulatory system?

Accepted Answer

Harvey

Question 10

True or false: Spinoza read the Bible as revelation.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Which king was an absolute ruler?

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV

Question 12

Who developed a smallpox vaccine?

Accepted Answer

Jenner

Question 13

Who introduced Muslim documents to universities?

Accepted Answer

Albert the Great

Question 14

What term describes a society free from religion?

Accepted Answer

Secularism

Question 15

Who became the ruler of England after Cromwell?

Accepted Answer

Charles II

Question 16

Who signed the English Bill of Rights?

Accepted Answer

William and Mary

Question 17

Who made a forty-foot-long telescope?

Accepted Answer

Herschel

Question 18

Who studied human anatomy?

Accepted Answer

Vesalius

Question 19

Who theorized the earth revolves around the sun?

Accepted Answer

Copernicus

Question 20

Who led Parliament’s armies?

Accepted Answer

Cromwell

Question 21

Who wrote The Sceptical Chymist?

Accepted Answer

Boyle

Question 22

True or false: The Age of Reason laid the foundation for the Middle Ages.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Who argued for empiricism?

Accepted Answer

Locke

Question 24

True or false: Robert Boyle opposed enemies of Christianity.

Accepted Answer

True

BJU World Studies Ch. 9 4th Edition

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BJU World Studies Ch. 9 4th Edition

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