Author Question: Newton's contribution to astronomy was to prove that A) the planets obey the same laws as do ... (Read 117 times)

Redwolflake15 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

When the Columbian Senate was presented with the treaty agreed upon by Secretary of State John Hay and Thomas Herran,

A) it was ratified unanimously.
B) it was rejected unanimously.
C) it was ratified, but with some concessions made by the United States.
D) it was ratified although Secretary of State Hay was not in favor of the version of the treaty that made it to the Columbian Senate.
E) None of these are correct.

Question 2

Newton's world-machine

A) refers to Newton's assertion that alchemical techniques could turn the world into a machine that generated abundant supplies of gold.
B) had little impact on the Western worldview until the twentieth century.
C) suggested that the secrets of the natural world could not be revealed by human investigations.
D) created a new cosmology in which the world was seen largely in mechanistic terms.
E) indicated a rejection of the work of his predecessors.

Question 3

The Panama Canal was completed in

A) 1899.
B) 1910.
C) 1914.
D) 1920.
E) 1925.

Question 4

Newton's contribution to astronomy was to prove that

A) the planets obey the same laws as do objects on earth.
B) accurate observation is the foundation of sound theory.
C) the earth is at the center of the solar system.
D) nothing can ever really be proven.
E) the moon orbits the sun.