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STS MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS 2024-2025
Europe
The Middle Ages lasted from the early 16th to the 18th century. - ANSWER
The idea of intellectual revolution is claimed to have started in ______ after the
____________________________.
ANSWER The Enlightenment was a time of __________ marked by advances
in philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, biology, physics, and chemistry that
altered society's perceptions of natural phenomena.
philosophy
mathematics
Astronomy, Biology
physics
chemistry - ANSWER It was an age of enlightenment marked by advances in
the domains of ____________________________ that altered society's
perceptions of natural phenomena.
Modern Science - ANSWER These advancements resulted in the emergence of
__________, allowing individuals to reflect, rethink, and re-examine their
beliefs, perspectives, and way of life.
,Golden Age - ANSWER The intellectual revolution is thought to be
characterized by those who are committed to pursuing a scholarly life in
science.
1. Nicolaus Copernicus
2) Charles Darwin.
3. Sigmund Freud. - ANSWER There are renowned scientists noted for their
revolutionary ideas, which are as follows:
Ancient Times - ANSWER: Humans wondered what created day and night.
They desired to discover and understand the heavenly bodies, including the
formation of the stars, moon, sun, and planets. Humans were more intrigued by
the outer space. The invention of the telescope eventually gave humanity a sight
of the celestial bodies.
Claudius Ptolemy, a prominent philosopher and astronomer, stated that the
planets, moon, and sun travelled in a circular motion around the Earth.
"geocentrism - ANSWER the Earth is the centre—a notion known as
Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish mathematician and astronomer, disputed the
Ptolemaic hypothesis.
"heliocentrism" - ANSWER which indicated that the centre of the Solar System
was not the Earth but the sun
The Copernican model was eventually regarded as true, correct, and valid, and
it came to be known as the ________.
, Charles Darwin, an English naturalist, biologist, and geologist, produced the
book "On the Origin of Species".
The theory of evolution proposes that man goes through a process of natural
selection in which only the fittest survive.
- ANSWER He said that animals have the power to adapt to their surroundings
and progressively evolve into something more competitive to survive, a process
known as evolution. This hypothesis is not currently supported by
_____________.
Sigmund Freud's innovative Theory of Psychoanalysis transformed human
perceptions of psychology.
Theory of Psychoanalysis, - ANSWER numerous conscious and unconscious
forces influence behavior and emotions, and that personality is a combination of
three conflicting aspects such as; the id, ego, and superego is from the
true - ANSWER Scientists considered that psychoanalysis was more
metaphysical and supernatural than scientific because the theory lacked a
scientific foundation, including no empirical or experimental facts to back it up.
"indigenous science"
"indigenous knowledge system" - ANSWER They were endowed with
indigenous knowledge and have adopted a system to survive. This system is
termed _______ and is part of _________.
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