Question | Answer |
1. What is Alchemy? | A superstitious chemical science
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2. What does the word Renaissance mean? | Rebirth
| 3. Alchemists mixed chemicals to search for what? | Drugs and potions
| 4. What elements did they believe could prolong life? | Earth,Fire,Air and Water
| 5. What did they try to turn lead into? | Gold
| 6. What are still in use today that they developed? | Laboratory procedures
| 7. Where was Alchemy originated? | Ancient Greece
| 8. What is the Zodiac man? | A chart which comes from an almanac
| 9. What was the Zodiac man meant to explain? | To explain how the astrological formations rule over each part of the body
| 10. What diagram would be used to diagnose illness? | Zodiac man
| 11. What are the star signs? | Astrological formations
| 12. What did astrologers believe the movement of the stars influenced? | Weather, Growth of crops inner workings of the body
| 13. What is an almanac? | A calendar that includes pictures
| 14. Who carried the almanac? | Doctors
| 15. How far does Astrology date back to? | The Ancient World
| 16. Who was Galen? | A famous Greek doctor
| 17. What did Doctors combine Galen’s ideas with? | Astrology
| 18. Who did people question? | Galen
| 19. Which artists drew accurate diagrams of the body? | Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
| 20. Who proved that Galen was wrong? | Vesalius and Harvey |