Scientific Revolution Review

Which of the following statements best describes Galileo's accomplishment?

• He established the rules for anatomy, biology, and zoology (all related to the study of life).

• He used tools, such as the telescope, to better understand the solar system.

• He was an Enlightenment philosopher who came up with ideas about government.

• He created the scientific method.

Who was the first scientist to claim that the Earth revolved around the sun, challenging the Church's long-held ideas?

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Vesalius

• Brunelleschi

During the Middle Ages, who was most responsible for telling people what to believe and what to think? As a result, they fought against changes in the Scientific Revolution.

• Nobles

• The Church

• Teachers

• Books

In addition to the threat of torture from the Inquisition, what other power did the Church use to attack people who questioned its teachings?

• Exile

• Excommunication

• Chivalry

• Bartering

What scientist calculated the orbits that planets follow as they move around the sun?

• Kepler

• Bacon

• Boyle

• Donatello

What part of the Age of Reason was focused on better understanding human behavior?

• Scientific Revolution

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Enlightenment

What part of the Age of Reason focused on better understanding the physical world?

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

• Reformation

• Renaissance

What philosophy that emphasized the potential of man helped to shape the Age of Reason?

• Humanism

• Stoicism

• Christianity

• Gothic

What is not an essential part of the scientific method?

• Observation

• Evidence

• Reason

• Religion

Who is given credit for creating the field of anatomy?

• Vesalius

• Galileo

• Michelangelo

• Descartes