Social 7- Chap. 20

What was the confused idea that the stars, rather than the Creator of the stars, rule the destinies of men?

• Alchemy

• Biology

• Astronomy

• Astrology

Who discovered the three laws of planetary motion?

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

Which scientist built a telescope around 1610 and discovered the laws of gravity and pendulum?

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

Who is known as the Father of Anatomy and described the circulation of blood in the human body?

• Andreas Vesalius

• William Harvey

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

Who published the book 'The Origin of Species' in 1859, proposing the theory of evolution?

• Isaac Newton

• Francis Bacon

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

Which inventor patented the power loom during the New Age of Industry?

• Edmund Cartwright

• James Hargreaves

• John Kay

• Richard Arkwright

Who invented the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution?

• John Deere

• James Watt

• Eli Whitney

• Henry Bessemer

Who made the first successful airplane flight on Dec. 17, 1903?

• Henry Ford

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• The Wright brothers

Which industry was owned by John Rockefeller during the rise of industry?

• Oil industry

• Steel industry

• Textile industry

• Automobile industry

Who was largely responsible for the rise and triumph of capitalism or free market?

• Adam Smith

• Andrew Carnegie

• John Rockefeller

• Henry Ford