Renaissance and The Scientific Revolution WHS

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What was the Renaissance?

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a time period of huge growth in the arts and sciences in Europe around 1300-1500

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What did Gutenburg’s printing press allow people to do (how did it change the world)?

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books could be printed quickly, creating an explosion of books

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Why did Copernicus get in trouble (how did his claims go against the mainstream of the time)?

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He claimed the Earth revolved around the Sun

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How did Galileo help prove Copernicus’s claims?

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He invented the telescope

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Did Galileo get in trouble too? If so, what happened to him?

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Yes - He was placed under house arrest

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Which of these best represents the order of the scientific method? Options: observation, question, hypothesis, experimentation, analysis, conclusion

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observation, question, hypothesis, experimentation, analysis, conclusion

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A Polish astronomer who, in 1543, published a theory that the earth and other planets move around the sun.

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Nicolas Copernicus

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Italian scientist and artist ________ made many important works during the 15th and 16th centuries. His paintings The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa are two of his most famous creations.

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Italian astronomer ___ was persecuted for supporting the idea that the sun is at the center of the solar system.

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Galileo

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What is this? Options: Protestant, Galileo, Sistine Chapel

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Sistine Chapel