Unit 10 Lesson 39.1 Roots of the Scientific Revolution

What were the two major sources that guided most Europeans' thinking about the natural world during the Middle Ages?

• The teachings of Aristotle and the Bible
• The works of Isaac Newton and Francis Bacon
• The works of Galileo and Copernicus
• The teachings of Plato and Socrates

How did philosophers like Thomas Aquinas combine Aristotle's thinking with Christian faith?

• By arguing that faith was more important than reason
• By rejecting Aristotle's ideas entirely
• By arguing that reason could be used to support Christian beliefs
• By arguing that the Bible was the only source of truth

What was the belief of Greek rationalism?

• That the Bible was the word of God
• That observation was the only way to understand nature
• That reason could be used to discover basic truths about the world
• That faith was the only source of truth

What key factors helped inspire the growth of science during the Scientific Revolution?

• The works of Galileo and Copernicus
• The Age of Exploration and trust in reason and observation
• The rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman cultures
• The teachings of Aristotle and the Bible

How did trust in reason and observation become a key part of modern science?

• Through the Renaissance thinkers' direct observation of nature
• Through the Age of Exploration
• Through the works of Galileo and Copernicus
• Through the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman cultures

What impact did the Age of Exploration have on the growth of science?

• It led to many dramatic discoveries
• It helped inspire the growth of science
• It encouraged Europeans to question existing knowledge
• All of the above

What new method did scientists develop for probing nature's mysteries?

• The method of deduction
• The method of intuition
• The method of induction
• The scientific method

What was the first major source that guided most Europeans' thinking about the natural world during the Middle Ages?

• The works of Galileo
• The works of Isaac Newton
• The Bible
• The works of Aristotle

What was the second major source that guided most Europeans' thinking about the natural world during the Middle Ages?

• The works of Aristotle
• The works of Galileo
• The Bible
• The works of Isaac Newton

What did Renaissance scholars rediscover?

• The works of Isaac Newton
• The works of Galileo and Copernicus
• The cultures of ancient Greece and Rome
• The teachings of Aristotle