STUDY GUIDE for MODULE 2

Intellectual Revolutions That Defined Society

Scientific discoveries in the late increased uncertainty about the universe.
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Devised a method of mental therapy Sigmund Freud
called psychoanalysis.
Ptolemy theorized that The earth is the center of the universe.
Heliocentric model is where The sun is the center of the universe
Geocentrism means The earth is the center of the universe
The famous book of Charles Darwin is The Origin of Species
called
To Darwin, ________ was central to natural selection
organic evolution.
Darwin’s principle that plants and animals natural selection.
had evolved over a long period of time
from simpler forms of life is called
Astronomer who proposed that planets Nicolaus Copernicus
revolve around the sun.
Evolution by means of natural selection. Darwinian revolution
Meso means _____. middle
The three major civilizations in Meso- Mayan, Inca, Aztecs
America are the following:
Mayan civilization lasted for around how 2000
many years?
In ______, sun is located directly at the Chichen Itza
top during Spring or Fall Equinox.
One of the most popular outdoor game True
during the Mayan civilization is the pok-
ta-pok.
Stone engraving is used by the Incas in False
collecting data and record keeping.
Quipa is used by the Incas in collecting True
data and record keeping.
It is on of the world's oldest healing Ayurveda
system and was developed in India more
than 3000 years ago.
He's suggested that gravity was a force of Brahmagupta
attraction.
Madhava of Sangamagra is the founder True
of mathematical analysis.
What is inserted in the body during needles
acupuncture?
Who invented gunpowder? Chinese
He is the father of optics. Ibn Al-Haytham
Lebombo bone is a tool used for basic True
arithmetic.
Pyramids are important contributions of Africans
Known for manufacturing iron and India Civilization
metallurgical works, famous in medicines,
and notable in the field of astronomy and
Mathematics.
Dominantly occupied by Muslims. Middle East Civilization
Irrigation System, first suspension bridge, Inca Civilization
quipu are form which civilization?