History of Science
I was a physician in 2650 BC who was well known for his medical knowledge and ability to heal.
Who is Imhotep?
We are one of the first civilizations after the flood who emerged in the "Fertile Crescent" around 2300 BC.
Who are the Sumerians?
What process gives us an ordered way to go through the process of observation and creation of a question, gathering information about that observation, creating a hypothesis, and testing it.
What is the scientific method?
This Babylonian monument contained a code which were written "to cause justice to prevail in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil, to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak, and to further the welfare of the people."
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This Hebrew word means "confusion".
What is "babel"?
I am often incorrectly credited with the invention of the telescope.
Who is Galileo?
In this story, a man was told by a god to build a great ship (mirroring the story of Noah's flood).
What is 'The Epic of Gilgamesh'?
What is an aspect of an experiment that changes during the course of the experiment?
What is the experimental variable?
This was the first dynasty of ancient China.
What is the Shang dynasty?
I am the founding father (patriarch) of the Jewish faith and was from the city of Ur.
Who is Abraham?
This theory was dealt a final blow when Louis Pasteur demonstrated that life could only originate from other living things.
What is spontaneous generation?
This term refers to the monuments such as Stonehenge and the famous heads of Easter Island.
What is a monolith?
Two sciences study the past by looking at preserved items. ____________ looks at preserved remains of organisms that were once alive. ___________ looks at preserved relics, or artifacts.
What is Paleontology and Archaeology?
Me and my wife were Egyptian rulers who chose to worship only one god.
Who are Amenhotel IV and Nefertiti?
This is the occupation of the two women in Egypt who chose to fear God more than man and refused to follow the King's command to kill the baby boys, thereby saving Moses' life.
What is a midwife?
During the Enlightenment, a major change in scientific approach took place. A good change was that science began to stop relying on the authority of _______. A bad change was that science began to move away from the authority of ________.
What is "past scientists" and "the Bible"?
I built the great Pyramid of Giza which stands 28 feet high and is lined with polished granite.
Who is Khufu?
In order for a document to be considered a reliable, historical document, it must pass these three tests.
What are the Internal Test (examining if it agrees with itself), External Test (examining if it contradicts other known historical facts), and the Bibliographic Test (a work should have either direct eyewitness accounts or a secondhand report BASED on those eyewitness accounts)?
Egypt divides its ancient history into these four groups of kingdoms.
What are the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, the Early New Kingdom, and the Later New Kingdom?
I am the man who led the Israelites and the Ark of the Covenant into Canaan after wandering in the wilderness for 40 years?
Who is Joshua?
I developed a picture of what an atom looks like and the model was named after me.
Who is Neils Bohr?
We are a people who lived on the large island of Crete and were known for the sport of bull leaping.
Who are the Minoans?
A popular method of this type of dating is carbon-14 dating in order to try to determine an artifact's age.
What is radiometric dating?
I built the "Great Hall" in Karnak and had a temple erected in the city of Abu Simbel.
Who is Ramses II?
I am a Moabite who adopted the faith of the Israelites, remained devoted to my widowed mother-in-law, and married my kinsman redeemer, Boaz.
Who is Ruth?