HISTORY 9 2023

Why did many ancient Greek astronomers believe in a geocentric explanation of our universe?

• They rely on the conclusions of earlier civilizations

• They rarely relied on experimentation to answer questions

• Their observations led to the conclusión that the sun revolved around them

• Their observations relied flawed mathematical calculations about distance.

Why did Nicolas Copernicus wait until late in his life to publish his theory of heliocentric universe?

• He feared criticism from politicians

• He risked punishments by church officials

• He dad Little money to hire a printer of his work

• He needed to be sure of his mathematicals calculations

Which scientist´s work is most closely associated with analitycal geometry?

• Galileo Galilei

• Francis Bacon

• Rene Descartes

• Nicolaus Copernicus

How did Newton explain the role of God in the universe?

• He believed God Little interest in the problems of humanity

• He believed God was periodically cammunicating with saints to reveal his purpose

• He imagined God as a clockmaker who created an orderly universo and then left it alone

How did Andreas Vesalius improve our understanding of medical science ¿

• He discovered viruses to be the cause of many diseases

• He disected human bodies to understand how they function.

• He experimented with vaccines to cure certain diseases such as smallpox

The Geocentric theory was proposed by

• John Locke

• Galileo Galilei

• Aristotle

The Heliocentric Theory was proposed by

• Galileo Galilei

• The Church

• Nicolas Copernicus

By the mid- 1600s some revolutionary ideas shattered the old views and this scientists helped tobring together all the break thougths under a single theory of motion

• Tycho Brae

• Isaac Newton

• Rosusseau

He believed that God was the creator of this orderly theory , the clockmaker who had set everything in motion.

• animism

• deism

• rationalism

. Hobbes argued that to escape such a bleak life, people had to hand over their rights to a strong ruler.

• Social contract

• Sea monster

• Monarchy