7th Grade Ch. 9

This scientist developed a smallpox vaccine.

Who developed an advanced form of calculus and discovered the laws of gravity and motion?

Which one of the following men made significant contributions in the areas of physics, geography, and optics?

Who became the ruler of England after Cromwell’s death?

A famous comet is named after this English astronomer.

What ruler turned Vienna into an important center for the arts during the 1700s?

This astronomer discovered Uranus and made a forty-foot-long telescope.

What was the approach to philosophy promoted by Descartes?

__________ was a Greek astronomer and geographer.

Who studied the body’s circulatory system?

This scientist studied human anatomy.

Russia continued the process of developing a strong monarchy under the rule of __________.

This astronomer used a telescope to confirm the earth’s orbit around the sun.

Which ruler was dismissed from the throne of his country?

Who theorized that the earth revolves around the sun?