Copernicus and Galileo: The Scientific Revolution

Who were two of the most important figures in the Scientific Revolution?

• Copernicus and Galileo

• Diderot and Newton

• Patrick Henry and Benjamin Franklin

• Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson

At the very end of his life Copernicus published which work?

• Utopia

• Don Quixote

• On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

• Candide

Copernicus argued in favor of Heliocentrism, which means that

• the earth revolves around the moon

• the sun revolves around the earth

• the earth revolves around the sun

• the moon revolves around the earth

Who confirmed the Heliocentric Theory?

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Francis Bacon

• Ptolemy

How did Galileo confirm Heliocentrism?

• deduction

• direct observation

• theory

• He did not confirm this theory

Reaching conclusions based on observation is called

• Empiricism

• Rationalism

• Socialism

• Cubism

The Scientific Revolution was based on what concept?

• Rationalism

• Nationalism

• Empiricism

• Constructivism

Where did Galileo conduct falling objects experiments?

• Leaning Tower of Pisa

• Empire State Building

• Eiffel Tower

• St. John's Cathedral

What type of telescope did Galileo develop which allowed him to see things others had not seen?

• acute

• refracting

• equilateral

• polarizing

Galileo published which work?

• A Tale of Two Cities

• The Starry Messenger

• Gulliver's Travels

• Othello