Question 1

What religious, political, and social ramifications did the heliocentric model of the universe pose?

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Question 2

How did the scientific interest in human anatomy exemplified in the Engraving Illustrating the Structure of the Human Body, shown in this chapter, demonstrate the continued influence of Renaissance art?

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Question 3

How do the works of Cervantes and Shakespeare reflect the tensions of their times?

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Question 4

How does the new certainty and confidence in science reflect the increased order of European states? What did that certainty imply about the relationship between the state of political development/stability and science/culture?

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Question 5

What were the origins of the scientific revolution? Why did it occur when it did? How did it alter Europeans' views of their place in the natural world and in the universe?

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Question 6

Review the feature entitled "Galileo and Kepler on Copernicus" in this chapter.Why did Galileo hesitate to publish his work in Italy? Why did Germany appear a more favorable environment at the time?

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Question 7

Review the feature entitled "Galileo and Kepler on Copernicus" in this chapter.Judging from this letter, do you think Kepler had already published his work? If no, why not, and why is he then urging Galileo to publish first?

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Question 8

Why was the new science of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries regarded by church and state as a threat to the established religious and political order?

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Question 9

What obstacles would a seventeenth-century peasant have faced in trying to improve his or her position in society?

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Question 10

Consider the paintings seen in this chapter by Caravaggio, Rubens, and Gentileschi.What makes these paintings extraordinary examples of the Baroque style?

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Question 11

Consider maps 16.1 and 16.3.Where did the greatest improvements in communications occur? How did those improvements build upon political stability and urban growth?

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Question 12

How did the founding of government-sponsored scientific societies reflect the consolidation and centralization of political authority?

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Question 13

Why were philosophers, astronomers, anatomists, and other scientific thinkers hesitant to dispute and displace the ideas of ancient thinkers?

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Question 14

How did Galileo's Moon pictured in this chapter overturn the Ptolemaic concept of the universe?

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Question 15

Compare and contrast the similarities and differences in the methodology of Descartes and Isaac Newton.

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Question 16

How are women portrayed in the woodcut found in this chapter?

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Question 17

Review the feature entitled "Galileo and Kepler on Copernicus" in this chapter.Kepler distinguishes between scholars and mathematicians.Who are these scholars and what disciplines do they represent?

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Question 18

Discuss the impact that the social and economic tensions of the seventeenth century had on European towns and villages.How did people deal with these tensions?

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Question 19

How can we explain the European witch craze of the seventeenth century by placing it in its historical context? Consider issues of gender, politics, economics, and religion in your response.

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With the growth of larger political states and the discoveries of the new science, were seventeenth-century Europeans losing their faith in the Christian God? What evidence do you find that this was, or was not, the case?

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Quiz 16: Culture and Society in the Age of the Scientific Revolution

What religious, political, and social ramifications did the heliocentric model of the universe pose?

How did the scientific interest in human anatomy exemplified in the Engraving Illustrating the Structure of the Human Body, shown in this chapter, demonstrate the continued influence of Renaissance art?

How do the works of Cervantes and Shakespeare reflect the tensions of their times?

How does the new certainty and confidence in science reflect the increased order of European states? What did that certainty imply about the relationship between the state of political development/stability and science/culture?

What were the origins of the scientific revolution? Why did it occur when it did? How did it alter Europeans' views of their place in the natural world and in the universe?

Review the feature entitled "Galileo and Kepler on Copernicus" in this chapter.Why did Galileo hesitate to publish his work in Italy? Why did Germany appear a more favorable environment at the time?

Review the feature entitled "Galileo and Kepler on Copernicus" in this chapter.Judging from this letter, do you think Kepler had already published his work? If no, why not, and why is he then urging Galileo to publish first?

Why was the new science of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries regarded by church and state as a threat to the established religious and political order?

What obstacles would a seventeenth-century peasant have faced in trying to improve his or her position in society?

Consider the paintings seen in this chapter by Caravaggio, Rubens, and Gentileschi.What makes these paintings extraordinary examples of the Baroque style?

Consider maps 16.1 and 16.3.Where did the greatest improvements in communications occur? How did those improvements build upon political stability and urban growth?

How did the founding of government-sponsored scientific societies reflect the consolidation and centralization of political authority?

Why were philosophers, astronomers, anatomists, and other scientific thinkers hesitant to dispute and displace the ideas of ancient thinkers?

How did Galileo's Moon pictured in this chapter overturn the Ptolemaic concept of the universe?

Compare and contrast the similarities and differences in the methodology of Descartes and Isaac Newton.

How are women portrayed in the woodcut found in this chapter?

Review the feature entitled "Galileo and Kepler on Copernicus" in this chapter.Kepler distinguishes between scholars and mathematicians.Who are these scholars and what disciplines do they represent?

Discuss the impact that the social and economic tensions of the seventeenth century had on European towns and villages.How did people deal with these tensions?

How can we explain the European witch craze of the seventeenth century by placing it in its historical context? Consider issues of gender, politics, economics, and religion in your response.

With the growth of larger political states and the discoveries of the new science, were seventeenth-century Europeans losing their faith in the Christian God? What evidence do you find that this was, or was not, the case?