Unit 4: Absolutism, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment

The English scientist Sir Isaac Newton is famous for the _________.

• laws of universal gravity
• discovery of the atom
• heliocentric theory
• discovery of blood circulation

*  Nicolaus Copernicus
*  Johannes Kepler
*  William Harvey
The men in the list are associated with the __.

• Enlightenment
• Reformation
• Renaissance
• Scientific Revolution

*  Stated the laws of motion
*  Discovered the law of gravity
*  Invented calculus
Which individual is best described by this list of accomplishments?

• Isaac Newton
• William Harvey
• Galileo Galilei
• Johannes Kepler

Who discovered the circulation of the blood?

• Isaac Newton
• Johannes Kepler
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• William Harvey

During what period of time did people change how they viewed the world due to a new emphasis on reasoned observation and expansion of knowledge?

• Industrial Revolution
• Renaissance
• Scientific Revolution
• Technological Revolution

Nicolaus Copernicus (Developed heliocentric theory)
Johannes Kepler (Discovered planetary motion)
William Harvey (Discovered circulation of blood)
Galileo Galilei ____________________?
Which accomplishment completes the above?

• Used telescope to support heliocentric theory
• Pioneered modern science of chemistry
• Pioneered study of anatomy
• Discovered laws of gravity

Who was the German astronomer who proved that the planets move in oval paths called ellipses, not in circles?

• Andreas Vesalius
• Isaac Newton
• Johannes Kepler
• Galileo

Which of the following describe the Scientific Method?

• using math, experiments, and instruments to explain why things happened
• using alchemy to change on substance into another
• using the position of the stars to explain why things happened
• using works of classical Greek and Roman thinkers to explain scientific mysteries

Who developed the heliocentric theory?

• Galileo Galilei
• Isaac Newton
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• William Harvey

Whose theory stated that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the universe?

• Isaac Newton
• Ben Franklin
• Francis Bacon
• Nicolaus Copernicus