Scientific Revolution Review

Which scientist proposed the laws of gravity that helped to launch the Scientific Revolution?

• Francis Bacon

• Thomas Acquinas

• Leonardo DaVinci

• Isaac Newton

How did Humanism encourage people to start the Scientific Revolution?

• Scholars wanted to include the church in university teachings.

• Scholars preferred math over the study of the natural world.

• They revived the Greek approach to knowledge, which valued reason.

• They discouraged the study of subjects such as poetry and grammar.

How did alchemists of the 1400s contribute to the start of the Scientific Revolution?

• They challenged the theories of Copernicus and Galileo

• They funded many scientific investigations after discovering how to create gold.

• They used their influence to change the thinking of politicians and church leaders.

• They used scientific methods such as testing and measuring in their work.

Which of the following individuals is missing from this list of Greek rationalists?

-Aristotle

-Ptolemy

-________

-Hippocrates

• Pythagoras

• Maimonides

• Omar Khayyam

• Thomas Aquinas

Why did the growth in world exploration in the 1400s and 1500s help lead to the Scientific Revolution?

• Explorers developed the scientific method to test new theories about navigation.

• Explorers brought back evidence that supported the ideas of the Catholic Church

• Explorers found new information about the world that went against the existing beliefs of the time.

• Explorers paid more attention to territorial conquest than to book learning in their travels.

What did Johannes Kepler do to contribute to the spread of the Scientific Revolution?

• Kepler invented the telescope.

• He proved that the world was round.

• He discovered that the plants travel in orbits around the Sun.

• He discovered that an object in motion tends to stay in motion.

Which contribution by Aristotle was important to the Scientific Revolution?

• He developed a type of mathematics known as calculus.

• He believed in the importance of observation by the senses.

• He believed that the Sun was at the center of the Universe.

• He wrote down laws that explained the path taken by planets as they move around the Sun.

-Began in the late Middle Ages

-Increase in Transatlantic Trade

-Emergence of Joint-Stock companies

-Development of mercantilism

-Creation of capital markets

What would be a good TITLE for this list?

• Scientific Revolution

• Agricultural Revolution

• Commercial Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

"To understand political power....we must consider what State all Men are naturally in, and that is, a State of perfect Freedom to order their Actions, and dispose of their Possessions and Persons as they think fit, within the Bounds of the Law of Nature, without...depending upon the Will of any other Man.

Which statement is BEST supported by this quote?

• Personal liberty exists only when people obey leaders.

• The Scientific Revolution influenced the growth of democratic ideas.

• Absolute monarchies were based on the theory of divine right.

• The purpose of government is to keep people from doing as they please.

Francis Bacon, during the Scientific Revolution, described observation and experimentation as steps in WHAT process?

• Circulation of blood

• Motion of planets

• Gravitational forces

• Scientific Method