QUIZ 1 - IDENTIFICATION Flashcards
Science came from what Greek word?
SCIENTIA
Sumer is the first urban civilization of what ancient country?
MESOPOTAMIA
Give ONE of the two rivers that flowed through the Fertile Crescent.
TIGRIS/EUPHRATES
The sexagesimal system uses a base _______.
60
It is the plant used by the Egyptians to make a paper for writing.
PAPYRUS
Babylon literally means _________.
“the gate of gods”
It was the movement that began the end of the Dark Ages.
SCHOLASTICISM
What does the word renaissance mean?
REBIRTH
According to Francis Bacon, what map is needed for a genius not to be lost?
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Where did the first industrial revolution begin?
GREAT BRITAIN
What elementary particle did Joseph John Thompson discover?
ELECTRON
It is the theory of Einstein that nothing can travel faster than light.
THEORY OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY
Who proposed the continental drift theory? (full name)
ALFRED WEGENER
What company produced the first smartphone?
NOKIA
Who was the first man in space? (full name)
YURI GAGARIN
Science came from a Greek word which means ___________?
KNOWLEDGE
Sumer is the first urban civilization an ancient country which is now the modern country of _________?
IRAQ
Give one use of the sexagesimal system today.
measurement of angles and time
It is the writing system that used pictographs.
CUNEIFORM
Babylon came from the Akkadian word _________.
BABILANI
It was the idea endorsed by St. Thomas Aquinas.
NATURAL THEOLOGY
What does the word renaissance mean?
REBIRTH
Give a characteristic of the map given by Francis Bacon?
empirical observation/rational
analysis/experimentation
What was the energy source used during the first industrial revolution?
COAL
