World History Chapter 9 part 1-2

Who first theorized that the earth revolves around the sun?

• Edmond Halley
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Isaac Newton
• Galileo Galilei

Who helped create the invention of the telescopes?

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir William Herschel

• Edmond Halley

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Which individual doubted the reality of life? He stated I doubt, therefore I think, I think, therefore I am

• Edmond Doyle

• Francis Bacon

• John Locke

• Rene Descartes

Who described the laws of gravity and motion, color theory, and helped invent calculus?

• Galileo Galilei
• Isaac Newton
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Edmond Halley

Who is known as the Father of Medicine?

• Hippocrates
• Euclid
• Eratosthenes
• Roger Bacon

Who is known as the Father of Geometry?

• Albert the Great
• Eratosthenes
• Hippocrates
• Euclid

Who estimated the circumference of the world with shocking accuracy?

• Euclid
• Roger Bacon
• Eratosthenes
• Albert the Great

Who was a medieval scholar who preserved and helped spread many ancient manuscripts?

• Roger Bacon
• Albert the Great
• Edmond Halley
• Sir William Herschel

Who studied human anatomy by dissecting cadavers?

• Andreas Vesalius
• Paracelsus
• William Harvey
• Edward Jenner

Who studied the smallpox disease and created the first vaccines?

• Paracelsus
• Robert Boyle
• Edward Jenner
• Antoine Lavoisier