Ch 22 Scientific Revolution

A significant result of the Scientific Revolution was the development of an understanding of the universe based on

• tradition

• laws of nature

• religious principles

• geocentrism

The Scientific Revolution popularized the idea that

• understanding is the result of observation and experimentation

• Earth is the center of the solar system

• church doctrine should be the source of new ideas

• scientific research should be supervised by political authorities

Which statement best expresses the ideas of the Scientific Revolution?

• Religious authorities are responsible for understanding and interpreting new information.

• Superstition and magic are important aspects of the natural world.

• Scientific ideas should be made to conform with existing thought systems.

• People should use reason and experimentation to draw scientific conclusions

Galileo used the telescope and challenged the teachings of the day.

Sir Isaac Newton discovered the laws of gravity. Copernicus determined that the Sun is the center of the universe.

Which period is most directly associated with these events?

• Early Middle Ages

• Scientific Revolution

• Protestant Reformation

• Industrial Revolution

New scientific knowledge and understandings that developed during the Scientific Revolution were most often based on

• observation and experimentation

• church law and faith

• superstition and ancient practices

• geometric formulas and astrology

One way in which the contributions of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton are similar is that each

• challenged the heliocentric theory of the universe

• based his work on Enlightenment principles of social contract

• practiced observation and experimentation in his work

• supported the work of the Inquisition

Which historical period is most closely associated with these achievements?

• Pax Romana

• Age of Alexander the Great

• European Middle Ages

• Scientific Revolution

Galileo Galilei and Sir Issac Newton are most closely associated with

• initiating religious reforms

• leading political revolutions

• conducting investigative experiments

• engaging in foreign conquests

Which pair of ideas were central to the Scientific Revolution?

• social stability and economic self-sufficiency

• observation and experimentation

• technology and military expansion

• scarcity and interdependence

Which statement about the Scientific Revolution in Europe is accurate?

• The existence of natural laws was rejected.

• Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the universe.

• New ideas supported the geocentric theory of Ptolemy.

• The Bible was used to justify new scientific findings.