STS Preliminary Exam Reviewer Questions with 100% Complete Solutions, A+

Intellectual Revolutions that defined society - Title of lesson 1 invention of printing press intellectual activities number of scholars - Why did the scientific revolution begin in Europe humans society science ideas - Influences to scientific revolution desire to know and discover - What drives the love for science of scientists creativity curiosity critical thinking - What drives scientists to explore the physical and natural world thought experiment - Experiments without formal, or scientific testing or proving Epitome - The neame of the book which inspired Copernicus to study astronomy Johannes Muller - He wrote the book which inspired Copernicus to take astronomy On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres - Book by Nicholas Copernicus explaining his heliocentric theory which states that the Earth Orbits the Sun and was considered very controversial because it went against the bible position of stars - the greatest problem of the Copernican model Shrewsbury School - The school where Darwin developed an interest for natural history Galapagos Islands - What was the main island that Darwin observed? 1859 - The year that Darwin published his book The Descent of Man - a book written by Charles Darwin in which he applies evolutionary theory to human evolution evolutionary biology philosophy of science - The two fields wherein Darwin contributed significantly Chichen Itza pyramid - An example of a temple for astronomical observations by the Mayans mica - The mineral from which a rainbow of glittery paints were made by the Mayan Chinampa - A form of aztec technology for agricultural farming in which the land was divided into rectangular areas surrounded by canals iron steel - the contribution of India which the Roman empire held with high regard India - They were known for manufacturing iron and metallurgy works Ayurveda - A form of traditional medicine which originated in ancient India and is still in use at present Susruta Samhita - An indian ancient text which describes different surgical and other medical procedures famous in Ancient India Siddhanta Shiromani - An ancient indian text which covered topics such as mean longitudes of planets, true longitudes of planets,and the paths of suns and moons Indus Valley Civilization - the first people in the Indian subcontinent who studied mathematics Mohenjo-daro ruler - A ruler created by the Indus Valley Civilization Aryabhatiya - The book of Aryabhata where he introduced a number of trigonometric functions, tables, and techniques, as well as algorithms in algebra