Scientific Revolution Comprehension Check

What is the title of Unit 4A?

• Age of Revolutions

• Age of Enligthenment

• Age of Trade

• Age of Government

What is the best definition of the word Revolution as it applies to this unit of World History?

• A song by the Beatles

• A fundamental and relatively sudden change in the world

• A complete rotation around the sun

• A baseball team in York

How did the source of knowledge change during the Renaissance?

• From Reason to Observation

• From Church to Human

• From God to Jesus

• From Classicism to Reason

How did the source of knowledge change during the Scientific Revolution?

• From Church to Individual interpretation

• From God to Classics

• From Classical Sources to Reason

• From Reason to Classics

What is a paradigm shift?

• A change that alters the way humans see the world around them

• An anomaly in scientific research

• The laws of motion

• A rabbit and a duck

How did Copernicus and Galileo contribute to a paradigm shift?

• They supported the theory of the Greek philosopher Ptolemy

• They proved that the sun was the center of the universe

• They proved that the earth was the center of the universe

• They were influenced by classical and Islamic scholars

What is inductive reasoning?

• Starting with a theory and working down to evidence

• Going from the general to the specific

• Studying specific evidence to build up to a theory

• The scientific method

What is deductive reasoning?

• Starting with a theory and working down to evidence

• Going from the specific to the general

• Studying specific evidence to build up to a theory

• Using observation and reason

What is empiricism?

• Reliance on evidence from experiments to form theories

• Use of theories to dictate scientific research

• Reliance on the knowledge of the emperors

• Reliance on the classical sources of knowledge

Why were New's Laws of Motion and Universal Gravitation a paradigm shift?

• They inspired others to look for natural laws in human society

• They agreed with the theories of the classical scientists

• They were proven by observation and reason

• Isaac Newton clearly knew what he was talking about