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World History - Scientific Revolution
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1
What Italian astronomer found inertia, made a telescope, saw Moon & four moons of Jupiter?
Tycho Brahe
Nicholaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
2
The view of the universe changed from Ptolemy's geocentric theory to
Galileo's heliocentric theory
Newton's theory of gravity
Kepler's laws of motion in which planets travel in ellipses
Copernicus' heliocentric theory
3
However, the Protestants, newly broken off from Catholic Church, believed what?
needed to be stopped
pretty much science, use of reason was good
they were indifferent to science
Scientific revolution was wrong
4
Newton believed in a mechanical universe. It was like a ___ created by God.
comet streaking through the sky
railroad train
giant machine
scientific experiment
5
Why was the Roman Catholic Church so set in its beliefs on geocentric theory?
all of the above
classical scholars Ptolemy, Aristotle created it
it showed God's concern for man
it fit the church's belief that man was climax of creation
6
This French physician created first ointment for infection, artificial limbs, surgical methods.
Pascal
Pare
Vesalius
Pasteur
7
The Roman Catholic Church was not happy & tried to ban these findings using the ______
Inquisition
printing press
science they created
schools they created
8
This English scientist describe circulatory system & how heart pumps blood.
Bacon
Boyle
Harvey
Newton
9
This rock star scientist also created the mathematical discipline of ___ to prove his theories.
caluculus
analytic geometry
deferential equations
trigonometry
10
In medieval times, scientists tried to convert base metals into gold. This was ___.
alchemy
chemistry
witchcraft
magic
11
This same questioning of traditional authorities occurred in medicine against which authority?
Galen
Vesalius
Aristotle
Ptolemy
12
A new approach to science emerged based on ____ and _____.
observation and expermentation
doubt and reason
discovery and theory
questioning and searching
13
Who was Danish astronomer who built an observatory & observed planet and star motion for years?
Tycho Brahe
Nicolaus Copernicus
Sir Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
14
Newton believed God created universe & set it running, then stepped back, not active. This was
atheism
new form of Christianity
deism
agnosticism
15
This astronomer in #11 started with doubt & reduced all knowledge to his statement "___."
Light is a spectrum of all colors
I think therefore I am
All matter is energy converted
To see is to know
16
His idea of an orderly universe will hold true for 250 years until ___ in early 20th century.
all of the above
uncertainty principle
theory of relativity
quantum physics
17
The French mathematician who believed reason was the only way to determine truth was ___
Pasteur
Pare
Vesalius
Descartes
18
The scientific method begins with stating the problem then ____
forming a hypothesis
analyzIng information
gathering information
experimenting
19
What happened to this astronomer in #5 due to his belief in & proof of heliocentric theory?
He spent the rest of his life in jail after trial by church
He was found guilty by Church, recanted, on house arrest
He became a very rich man due to his books on the theory
he burned at the stake by the Inquisition
20
This Englishman saw chemicals as basic building blocks. He made laws on temperature & pressure
Bacon
Boyle
Harvey
Newton
21
What German astronomer used #3 astronomer's findings to discover planets move in ellipses?
Johannes Kepler
Sir Isaac Newton
Nicholaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
22
The English philosopher who stressed experimentation & observation for practical purposes was_.
Harvey
Bacon
Newton
Boyle
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He also believed a single force, gravity, kept planets (& moons) in orbit around Sun.He wrote
Does the Earth Move
On Gravity
Principia
Nature of Planets
24
Another French mathematician who explained the scientific method well & created calculator was.
Descartes
Pascal
Vesalius
Pare
25
Newton believed in an orderly, knowable universe based on ____ that could be discovered, used.
theories of universe
asking questions
reason
scientific laws
26
Essential to the scientific method was sharing it with other scientists, why?
think of new experiments to perform
so they could perform same experiment & confirm results
know the latest ideas
so they could build on achieved results
27
The two men credited with coming up with the Scientific Method were ___ and ___.
Newton and Descartes
Bacon and Descartes
Bacon and Newton
Aristotle and Descartes
28
The greatest scientists of this era was ____ who proved heliocentric theory, had laws of motion
Newton
Bacon
Boyle
Harvey
29
What idea from the Renaissance and Reformation inspired the Scientific Revolution?
asking questions, not just accepting traditional answers
education so people can read Bible, books for themselves
experimentation like in alchemy
using reason
30
Who created the first accurate study of human anatomy, thanks to autopsies?
Vesalius
Pare
Pascal
Pasteur