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This is the Scientific Revolution Review Game for 2021.
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1
The Scientific Revolution was held back by the perspective provided by the church.
True
False
2
Who was the Greek physician from the Roman Empire whose medical ideas dominated the medieval world?
Aristotle
Plato
Galen
Spartacus
3
The Scientific Revolution empowered individuals at the expense of traditional authority.
True
False
4
The Scientific Revolution led directly to the Enlightenment.
True
False
5
The Scientific Revolution was primarily a 19th century phenomena
False
True
6
Which scientist discovered the 3 laws of motion?
Brahe
Bacon
Newton
Kepler
7
Which intellectual of the Scientific Revolution introduced the significance of doubt?
Pascal
Bacon
Descartes
Newton
8
Galileo believed that mathematics was the language of the universe.
True
False
9
Which one of the Scientific Revolution intellectuals introduced the significance of doubt?
Newton
Bacon
Kepler
Descartes
10
William Harvey discovered that the start point of the circulation of the blood is in the liver.
True
False
11
Galileo believed that his critics were more interested in damaging him than they were about finding the truth.
False
True
12
Tyco Brahe believed in heliocentrism
True
False
13
Galileo’s observations seemed to indicate that:
the heavenly bodies were composed of material substance just like Earth
Planets and comets were perfect spheres
The Earth is unique in the universe
The universe is unknowable
14
Science demands that to find the truth you need to use reason and __________.
observation
inference
premise
deduction
15
What was the centerpiece of Newton's work that explained how the universe operates?
Doctrine of Uniformity
Law of Universal Gravitation
Law of Inertia
Laws of Planetary Motion
16
Traditional Authority quickly gave in to the realities of Science in the 17th Century.
False
True
17
Copernicus was fearful of publishing his work because he was afraid he would be proven wrong.
False
True
18
Sir Isaac Newton is considered by many to be the greatest scientist of all time.
True
False
19
Descartes was the Father of Modern Rationalism.
True
False
20
This man jump started the Scientific Revolution by proposing heliocentric system:
Newton
Galileo
Copernicus
Bacon
21
Europeans knew the Scientific Revolution was happening at the time.
True
False
22
Copernicus believed that people relying on the Bible for scientific knowledge did not understand it.
True
False
23
The Scientific Revolution was part of the move to secularism in society.
True
False
24
Sir Francis Bacon was not actually a scientist, but more of a writer and philosopher.
False
True
25
The single force that keeps the planets in their orbits
Heliocentric
Centrifugal Force
Divinity
Gravity
26
Descartes advocated using inductive reasoning.
True
False
27
The greatest scientist of the era and the greatest scientific mind in history.
Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
Tyco Brahe
Nicholas Copernicus
28
An inference is a logical consequence of an assumed premise
True
False
29
There have been no new scientific discoveries since the Scientific Revolution.
False
True
30
Galileo was the first astronomer to make discoveries using the telescope.
False
True
31
The Scientific Revolution was a consequence of the:
Renaissance
Age of Revolutions
Enlightenment
Reformation
32
The use of reason by human beings to discover knowledge is called rationalism.
True
False
33
What did William Harvey discover?
The Milky Way
Human anatomy
Circulation of the blood in the human body
The central nervous system
34
Galileo said a scientist should avoid the works of Aristotle because they are based on logic and not observation.
True
False
35
Which one of the Scientific Revolution intellectuals studied the nature of light using a prism?
Newton
Brahe
Bacon
Galileo
36
Who was the man who developed the Scientific Method?
Bacon
Brahe
Descartes
Galileo
37
As a result of his trial, Galileo:
became famous after publishing his work
was forced to recant, living under house arrest for the rest of his life
declared a heretic and executed
convinced the authorities he was correct
38
Galileo discovered that the universe was not perfect.
False
True
39
Many of the conclusions reached by the ancient scientific thinkers were proved correct.
True
False
40
Galileo proved that much of what the ancient astronomers wrote about the universe was true.
False
True
41
Who discovered the Law of Universal Gravitation?
Newton
Galileo
Bacon
Einstein
42
Cardinal Bellarmine rejected Copernican theory because to accept it would be harmful to the Christian faith.
False
True
43
Sir Francis Bacon believed that science should be used for practical purposes for the benefit of man.
True
False
44
Who discovered the Laws of Planetary Motion?
Kepler
Brahe
Copernicus
Galileo
45
Heliocentric means:
earth centered solar system
a faith based solar system
sun centered solar system
a helium based solar system
46
The paradigm of thought putting humans at the center of importance in the universe is called:
Scholasticism
Creationism
Geocentrism
Humanism
47
Galileo wrote that belief in the classical texts over observation would prevent human progress.
False
True
48
_ invented a system of naming the elements and is regarded by many as the founder of modern chemistry.
Lavoisier
Bacon
Pascal
Burton
49
Sir Isaac Newton blended inductive and deductive reasoning in making his remarkable discoveries.
True
False
50
Galileo believed in the geocentric model of the solar system.
True
False
51
He was tried before the Inquisition and forced to recant
Galileo
Copernicus
Descartes
Newton
52
The Scientific Revolution led directly to the Enlightenment
False
True
53
Who was the scientist that discovered how the human circulation of the blood was achieved?
Louis Pasteur
Galen
William Harvey
Andreas Vesalius
54
Galileo was the first to publish the heliocentric theory and anger the church.
False
True
55
Descartes believed humans were born with mathematical impressions in their brains
True
False
56
The Scientific Revolution resulted in a reduction of the power and authority of the church in Europe.
True
False
57
What type of reasoning did Sir Francis Bacon use in the Scientific Method?
socrative
inductive
deductive
emotive
58
Scientific knowledge is static (never changing) and always correct
False
True
59
He proposed the theory of gravity:
Newton
Harvey
Galileo
Copernicus
60
The theory that the Earth is at the center of the solar system is called:
Reductivism
Heliocentrism
Geocentrism
Concentrism
61
We in the present interpret the past to understand ourselves in the present.
True
False
62
We have stopped using the Scientific Method today. We use computers instead.
False
True
63
In the Scientific Method, what is an unproven theory called?
Hypothesis
Guess
Theory
Conjecture
64
Science replaced traditional authority in describing and explaining the natural world.
False
True
65
Who was the first to use the scientific method?
Galileo
Bacon
Descartes
Copernicus
66
The Scientific Revolution resulted in an increase in the power of the church in society.
False
True
67
Who invented Calculus?
Galileo
Copernicus
Newton
Descartes
68
The people who rejected the ancient texts in favor of reason were the:
Moderns
Teachers
Ancients
Philosophers
69
What type of reasoning did Descartes employ in his work?
emotive
debatable
deductive
inductive
70
He famously stated, “I think, therefore I am.”
Newton
Descartes
Locke
Copernicus
