prelim exam

Question 1

It is the time period whenadvancements of S & T changed people’s perceptions and beliefs.

Answer 1

INTELLECTUAL
REVOLUTION

Question 2

what are the three types of intellectual Revolution

Answer 2

Freudian Revolution, Copernican, Revolution
Darwin Revolution

Question 3

who is the father of psychoanalysis

Answer 3

Sigmund Frued

Question 4

is the study that explains human behaviour.

Answer 4

Psychoanalysis

Question 5

What are the three conflicting elements in Sigmund Freud’s theory of personality?

Answer 5

ego, superego, instincts

Question 6

Pleasure principle
*Born with it
*Libido – sexual energy
*Fights with the
Superego

Answer 6

The ID/ instinct

Question 7

Moral Principle
*Develops around 5/6
*Fights with the ID

Answer 7

The Superego

Question 8

Reality Principle
*Develops in childhood
*Balances the demands of the ID and the moral rules of the Superego

Answer 8

Ego

Question 9

He believed that the Earth was at the center concepts known as
Geocentrism.

Answer 9

Claudius Ptolemy

Question 10

a polish mathematicianand astronomer, challenge the
Ptolemaic Model.
* He formulated the “Heliocentrism”
* Earth revolves around the sun
* Sun is stationary at the center of the

Answer 10

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 11

is widely known for developing the theory of evolution by natural selection

Answer 11

Charles Darwin

Question 12

is based on the idea thatall species are related andgradually change over time.

Answer 12

Theory of Evolution

Question 13

Evolution can be passed through
the process of

Answer 13

Natural Selection

Question 14

It is the process by which organisms that are better adopted to their environments produce more offspring to transmit their genetic characteristics.

Answer 14

Proposed natural selection

Question 15

the better adapted a species is, the more fitted it is to reproduce

Answer 15

Survival of the fittest

Question 16

he was a pioneering mathematician, logician, and computer scientist. He is often regarded as the father of computer science and artificial intelligence.

Answer 16

Alan Turing

Question 17

what is the main way of transfering information before the computers

Answer 17

face-to-face conversations or letters

Question 18

CRADLES OF
EARLY
SCIENCE

Answer 18

Mesoamerica
*African
*Asian
*Middle east

Question 19

Three sisters

Answer 19

beans, corn and squash

Question 20

Cotton plants were used to make

Answer 20

textile

Question 21

rubber trees were used top make

Answer 21

rubber balls

Question 22

First civilization to use a writingsystem called

Answer 22

Mayan Hieroglyphics

Question 23

combined planetary movements and constellation to tell the date

Answer 23

Devised calendars

Question 24

> ceremonial calendar
260 days cycle
divided into 20 mo, with 13 days / mo

Answer 24

Tzolk’in calendar

Question 25

> civil calendar > 365 days cycle > divided into 18 mo, with 20 d / mo, and final period of 5 days

Answer 25

Haab’ calendar

Question 26

INCA CIVILIZATION

Answer 26

Road paved with stones * First to use the Irrigation systemand technique for storing waterfor their crops to grow in all typesof land * Slash and Burn Technique -method of cultivation in whichforests are burned and cleared forplanting.

Question 27

system a knotted ropes to keep records

Answer 27

Quipu

Question 28

symbolize both wealth and status

Answer 28

Inca textiles

Question 29

Agricultural farming where land wasdivided into rectangular areas surrounded by canals

Answer 29

Chinampa

Question 30

Year of 360days with 12 equal parts of30 days each

Answer 30

Aztec or Mexicacalendar

Question 31

ASIAN INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTION

Answer 31

Worlds great early Asian civilization: one from India and from China * Civilization arose in the Indus Valley 4000 years ago * People used weapons and utensils made of bronze and copper * Shops are established around Mohenjo-Daro

Question 32

a natural system of medicine

Answer 32

Ayurveda

Question 33

describes different surgical and other medical procedures

Answer 33

Susruta Samhita

Question 34

book written in 12th century that contains Indians interest in astronomy.

Answer 34

Siddhanta Shiromani by Bhaskara II-

Question 35

earliest knowledge about mathematics first appeared.

Answer 35

Indus Valley Civilization

Question 36

Indian astronomer - introduced trigonometric function - tables and technique - algebra algorithm

Answer 36

Aryabhata

Question 37

Suggested that gravity was a force of attraction * Zero as both place holder and decimal digit * Hindu- arabic numeral system

Answer 37

Brahmagupta

Question 38

Founder of mathematical analysis

Answer 38

Madhava of Sangamagrama

Question 39

Product of centuries of experiences and discovery of Chinese people

Answer 39

Traditional medicines

Question 40

form of treatment thatinvolves inserting very thin needlesthrough a person's skin at specific pointson the body, to various depths

Answer 40

Acupuncture

Question 41

CHINA Technology * Compass * Papermaking * Gunpowder * Printing tools * Iron plough * Wheelbarrow * Propeller * Seismological detector * Dry dock facility * Designed different models of bridges

Answer 41

asian = smart

Question 42

First writing system in the world

Answer 42

Cuneiform

Question 43

developed the concept of the algorithm in mathematics -Gave his name to the concept of algorithm -Derived from al-jabr * Refine the Arabic Numeral System

Answer 43

Muhammad ibn Musa Al Khwarizmi

Question 44

considered by some scholars as Father of Chemistry

Answer 44

Jabir ibn Hayyan

Question 45

Pioneered in experimental medicine - 1st physician to conduct clinical trials - Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine

Answer 45

Ibn Sina