Intellectual Revolution Flashcards
(25 cards)
What ancient tool used to answer people’s curiosity caused a paradigm shift in how the Earth and Sun were placed in the universe?
Telescope of ancient civilization
Who published the book “The Origin of Species” and emphasized that humans are the result of evolution?
Charles Darwin
Which theory revolutionized psychiatry and involved the human development contributing to personality?
Freudian theory
Who invented the Turing machine in 1936, which is considered an early computer?
Alan Turing
What agricultural technique did the Aztec civilization use to farm around small lakes?
Chinampa
Which civilization used cocoa beans as a currency ?
Maya civilization
What was the Inca civilization’s knot-tying method called, which served as their system of writing?
Quipu
What traditional Indian medicine is based on Ayurvedic practices?
Ayurveda
Who is considered the father of modern optics and contributed to the development of the pinhole camera?
Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham
What era is known as the Computer Age that has brought so much change in how we live today?
Information Age
Who is known as the father of Indian medicine and authored the Sushruta Samhita?
Sushruta
What scientific and mathematical figure from the Middle East is known for his work on algorithms and astronomy?
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
What ball game using rubber was popular in the Maya civilization?
Tlatchtli
What mathematical text, authored by an Indian mathematician, is known for its contributions to trigonometry?
Aryabhatiya
It is also known as Taoist chemistry
Alchemy
What agricultural device did the Middle East improve upon, originally invented by the Romans?
Noria (improved watermill)
What labor system was implemented by the Inca civilization?
Mita system
What scientific and intellectual period changed people’s perceptions and beliefs, also known as the Age of Reason?
Intellectual Revolution
What event rejected the Ptolemaic model and proved the heliocentric model of the solar system?
Copernican Revolution
What agricultural product was an important source of beverages in Africa?
Coffee beans
What phrase did Charles Darwin’s theory introduce, which explains how species adapt and survive in their environments?
Survival of the fittest
What tool did the Aztec civilization use for timekeeping and scheduling religious events?
Aztec calendar
Who is known for pioneering psychoanalysis and developing theories about the human mind and personality?
Sigmund Freud
What scientific and mathematical contributions did Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī make?
Algorithm and astronomy
