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Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment Study Guide

Authored by Rory Watkins

History, Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment Study Guide
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs, strayed away from the Catholic Church

Scientific Revolution

Enlightenment

Geocentric Theory

Heliocentric Theory

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Belief that earth is the center of the universe

Enlightenment

Scientific Method

Heliocentric Theory

Geocentric Theory

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Belief that the Sun is the center of the universe

Enlightenment

Scientific Revolution

Heliocentric Theory

Geocentric Theory

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A process used to to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.

Scientific Revolution

Social Contract

Scientific Method

Enlightened Despots

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

French scholar who used reason – logic and math – to prove basic truths

Rene Descartes

Sir Isaac Newton

Nicolaus Copernicus

Galileo Galilei

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Polish astronomer who recognized the inaccuracy of the geocentric theory; his complete model of the solar system supported the heliocentric theory

Rene Descartes

Sir Isaac Newton

Nicolaus Copernicus

Galileo Galilei

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars and supported heliocentric theory, stood trial for heresy

Rene Descartes

Galileo Galilei

Sir Isaac Newton

Nicolaus Copernicus

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