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True or False: Philipp Spener organized home Bible studies during the Piestist movement.
True
True or False: William Harvey developed smallpox vaccinations by using fluid from cowpox sores.
False
True or False: Mannerism was a common artistic style that was prevalent throughout much of the 16th century.
True
True or False: Francis Bacon developed inductive reasoning
True
True or False: Voltaire treated the nobility with great respect
False
True or False: Alchemist' experimentation laid the foundation for the modern scientific method.
True
True or False: Philosophers of the Englightment relied on the Bible as the solution for life's problems.
False
True or False: The Moravians became one of the first Protestant movements to stress missions.
True
True or False: The Roman Catholic Church threatened to excommunicate Galileo when he published his findings that confirmed the geocentric theory.
False
True or False: Vesalius was called the Father of Anatomy.
True
What is reasoning from specific cases to a general conclusion called?
inductive reasoning
Which scientist determined that white light is composed of many different colors?
Isaac Newton
What term describes an inoculation against disease?
vaccination
What were the 18th century social critics known as?
philosophes
What theory says that the sun is the center of the universe?
heliocentric
What is the 18th century American revival called?
Great Awakening
"All knowledge comes through experience" expresses which philosophy?
empiricism
Who was the leading figure of the Enlightenment?
Voltaire
Reasoning from a simple premise to a more complex truth is called what?
deductive reasoning
Who preached the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
Jonathan Edwards
Which philosophe emphasized emotion over reason?
Rousseau
What religion makes God an impersonal "First Cause"?
deism
Who was one of the first Bible interpreters to demand that reason judge whether Scripture passages are true or not?
Spinoza
Who constructed the philosophy of dualism?
Descartes
Who developed the heliocentric theory
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who made telescope improvements?
Galileo Galilei
Who described the circulation of blood?
William Harvey
Who is the Father of English Hymnody?
Isaac Watts
Who invented vaccination?
Edward Jenner
What British evangelist came to America during the Great Awakening and largely influenced his "Great Revivals" in the middle colonies?
George Whitefield
Who is the Father of Modern Chemistry?
Antoine Lavoisier
Who was the leader of the Moravians?
Nicholaus Zinzendorf
Who worked in the field of chemistry?
Priestley
Boyle
Lavoisier
Who discovered the chemical substances of ammonia, oxygen, and carbon dioxide?
Priestley
What is true of 18th century philosophes?
they challenged values of society
they hoped to conform society to their ideas
they encouraged religious toleration
The 17th and 18th century exaltation of reason is known as the
Age of Reason
the belief that sees reason as the only sure source of knowledge and truth is known as
rationalism
What were effects of the Scientific Revolution?
improved medicines
decline in respect for the past
belief that human problems are solvable through science/technology alone
Who were baroque composers?
Bach
Handel
Monteverdi
Who were Pietists?
August Francke
Philipp Spener
Nikolaus von Zinzendorf
What philosopher promoted deductive reasoning?
Descartes
Which German astronomer said that the orbits of planets are elliptical?
Kepler
Which Enlightment philosopher stated that the basis of government is the consent of the goverened?
Locke
Who advanced the use of chemicals to treat disease?
Paracelsus
Which school of thought supported the existence of God as Creator but denied His involvement in human affairs?
deism
What German religious movement arose in the 17th century?
Pietism
Boyle's law says what?
increasing pressure on a gas decreases its volume.