Scientific Revolution

The belief that the universe follows certain rules and people should use reason as their base of knowledge became which idea?

• Humanism

• Rationalism

• Protestantism

• Common sense

Who blended Greek rationalism with Christian ideas and said faith and reason go hand in hand?

• Thomas Aquinas

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

Legend has it that this person came up with his theories of gravity by watching apples fall to the ground from a tree.

• Thomas Acquinas

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

Who built his own telescope in which he saw moons orbiting Jupiter, proving that all heavenly objects do not orbit the Earth as the Catholics were teaching?

• Thomas Acquinas

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

Who came up the heliocentric theory, which states that the sun is the center of the universe and not the sun?

• Thomas Acquinas

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

Who took his findings to the Catholic Church, where he was found guilty on heresy and put on house arrest until he died?

• Thomas Acquinas

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

Who came up with the 3 laws of motion?

• Thomas Acquinas

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

Who said it’s not necessary to question things that were certain without any doubt (an example would be our existence)?

• Francis Bacon

• Descartes

• empiricism

• inductive reasoning

Who argued against reaching conclusions based on ancient learning believing instead in doing your own research (which became the basis of the scientific method)?

• Francis Bacon

• Descartes

• empiricism

• inductive reasoning

What idea suggested doing research and using experiments to gather facts before making any theories?

• William Bacon

• Descartes

• empiricism

• inductive reasoning