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74 Cards in this Set
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The scholar that proved the Earth was a sphere is __________.
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Aristotle
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also wrote a book on sphere making
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The engine that was used in the Wright Flier I was built by __________.
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Charles Taylor
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Rob Roy was built by __________.
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David Napier
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The largest public structure ever built was the __________.
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Circus Maxima
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The first scholar to compare the universe to a clock was __________.
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Nicholas Oresme
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not Galileo Galilei
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The argument that there is no change and that everything stays the same was made by __________.
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Parmenides
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The House of Wisdom was established by __________.
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Al-Mamun
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'De Magnate' was written by __________.
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Wilium Gilbert
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Mouseion was opened in the year ____ BC.
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280
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Social Construction is associated with the __________ approach.
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externalist
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Aristarchus introduced the concept of __________.
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heliocentrism
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The first thinker to reject divine intervention was __________.
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Thales
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The famous siege of Syracuse commenced in the year ____ BC.
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214
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Marcus Claudius Marcellus was responsible for the destruction of __________.
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Syracuse
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__________ was responsible for the destruction of Syracuse.
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Marcus Claudius Marcellus
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The escapement mechanism was invented in China by __________.
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Su Song
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The escarpment mechanism was invented the year ____.
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1094
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The oldest Stone Pyramids in the world dates to ____ BC.
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2650
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The Romans abandoned the phalanx system in ____ BC.
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300
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The Romans abandoned the Phalanx system for the __________ System.
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4 line
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The name of the first underground sewer system was __________.
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Cloaca Maxima
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The first truly mechanical clock was built in China by __________.
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Su Song
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The first truly mechanical clock was built in the year ____ AD.
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1094
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Argument that everything is made of atoms was made by __________.
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Democritus
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Harrison H5 was completed in the year ____ AD.
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1770
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The press of Gutenberg was introduced in ____ AD.
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1455
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'History of Animals' was written by __________.
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Aristotle
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The first mathematical model of the cosmos was introduced by __________.
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Ptolemy
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Small stick used to measure the Earth was called __________.
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Gnomon
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Anaxmander was a student of __________.
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Thales
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Astrarim was built by __________.
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Giovanni de'Dondi
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Astrarium was built in the year ____ AD.
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1364
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Mouseion (Temple of Muses) was opened by __________.
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Ptolemy
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Natural Philosophy/Science was born in Greece During the ____ century.
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6th
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Lucy lived in c. ___________ years ago.
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3.5 million
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Black Death took place in ____ AD.
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1347
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The oldest city was the city of __________.
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Uruk
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One of the first to measure pulse (by water clock) was __________.
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Herophilus
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Anatomy was introduced/ invented by __________.
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Herophilus
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Two major rivers in Mesopotamia were __________ and __________.
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Tigris Euphrates
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The first crusade took place in ____ AD.
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1095
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Early Agriculture commenced in ____ - ____ BC.
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14000 10000
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Epicycles were introduced by __________.
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Ptolemy
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Plow was introduced I the year ____ BC.
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4000
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The last time trial occurred in the year ____.
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1968
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The introduction of the watch brand __________ ended the time trials.
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Seiko
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The Archimedean screw was used by the Romans in __________.
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the mines
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The earliest form of writing took place in year ____ BC.
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3200
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The earliest form of writing was __________.
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cuneiform
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The prehistoric period occurred before ____ BC.
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3200
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Homo Sapiens Sapiens appeared c. ____ years ago.
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100000
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Oldowan tools date between ____ - ____ million years ago
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2.5 1.5
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H1 was built by __________.
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John Harrison
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H1 was built in the year ____.
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1736
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Milliarium Aureum was located in __________.
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Rome
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Domestication of farm animals took place in ____ BC.
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7500
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Argument that mathematics are universal was made by __________.
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Pythagoras
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'De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium' was published in ____ AD.
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1543
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'De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium' was published by ___________.
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Copernicus
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Roman 3 line System actually had ____ lines.
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4
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The 'Bent Pyramids' were built for __________.
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Pharaoh Sneferu
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'Pyroscaphe' was built by __________.
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Jouffroy
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Lenoir's engine was introduced in the year ____.
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1859
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The great ziggurat of Ur dates to ____ BC.
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2100
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Astrarium was finished in the year ____ AD.
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1364
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The oldest black power guns are from __________.
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China
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The oldest black power guns date to c. ____ AD.
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1280
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Lyceum was opened in the year ____ BC.
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335
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Great Britain was launched in the year ____.
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1843
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The first Fax-line was opened in the year ____.
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1865
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'Dialogue' was published in ____.
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1632
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'Philosophical Transactions' was first published in ____.
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1665
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The 'Diamond Sutra' was printed with movable type in ____ AD.
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868
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'Rise of the Roman Empire' was written by _________.
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Polybius
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