TCI - The Scientific Revolution

Before the Scientific Revolution, to understand nature, Europeans relied on

• Bible lessons.

• religious teachings.

• classical thinkers.

• all of the above.

What did philosopher, Thomas Aquinas, argue about reason?

• Reason went against Christian thinking and beliefs.

• Reason was unnecessary for understanding the world.

• Reason could be used to support Christian beliefs.

• Reason was indefinable and, therefore, very unreliable.

The belief in logic and reason as the main paths to knowledge is called

• rationalism.

• philosophy.

• reasonism.

• hypothesis.

What period encouraged the growth of science during the Scientific Revolution?

• The Counter-Reformation

• The Hundred Years' War

• The Heian Period

• The Age of Exploration

The theory that Earth is the center of the solar system is called the

• geocentric theory.

• Copernicus theory.

• heliocentric theory.

• Newtonian theory.

The heliocentric theory focuses on the idea that Earth

• is located in the center of the universe.

• and other planets orbit around the sun.

• and the sun circle around each other.

• is the only object that travels in space.

What achievement did Johannes Kepler make in the early 1600s?

• He created the first long distance telescope, and many laws on gravity.

• He wrote mathematical laws on the planets' movement around the sun.

• He used both observation and experimentation to prove the geocentric theory.

• He invented the first accurate thermometer, barometer, and microscope.

When Galileo Galilei heard about the Dutch invention of the telescope, he decided to

• complain to the Church.

• travel to the Netherlands.

• build his own telescope.

• protest their production.

What did Galileo discover about Venus?

• Venus is not really a planet.

• Venus has orbiting moons.

• Venus is larger than the sun.

• Venus passes through phases.

What is one thing Galileo saw with his telescope, which no one else had seen before?

• The moon had a rough, uneven surface.

• Pluto was the center of the solar system.

• The sun was an extremely large, hot star.

• There were many undiscovered planets.