Scientific Revolution Review 9/12

Before the Scientific Revolution, to understand nature, Europeans relied on

• Bible lessons

• religious teachings

• classical thinkers

• all of the above

The belief in logic and reason as the main paths to knowledge is called

• rationalism

• philosophy

• reasonism

• hypothesis

What period encouraged the growth of science during the Scientific Revolution?

• The Counter-Reformation

• The Hundred Years War

• The Heian Period

• The Age of Exploration

What did Newton's 1687 book, "Principia," present?

• ideas on the stars and moon

• thoughts on time and space

• laws on gravity and motion

• all of the above

What influence did Galileo's book, "Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems," have on other scientists?

• It made them have more confidence in the Church

• It helped convert them to the heliocentric theory

• It showed them the issues of Copernicus' Theory

• It caused them to revolt against the Catholic Church

What is one thing Galileo saw with his telescope, which no one else had seen before?

• The moon had a rough, uneven surface

• Pluto was the center of the solar system

• The sun was an extremely large, hot star

• There were many undiscovered planets

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek became the first person to see bacteria when he designed his own...

• barometer

• microscope

• thermometer

• telescope

An ideology is what?

• A system of ideas, ideals, and beliefs that form the basis of economic or political theory and policy

• A system of ideas that are used to start successful businesses

• Any disease or condition that comes spontaneously from an unknown cause

• A study of general knowledge of truth, right, and wrong

The Scientific Revolution had an impact on political, economic, and cultural ideologies

• True

• False

The findings of Galileo and Newton were significant because, from their time on, scientific thought was based upon

• traditional ways of thinking

• the ideas of classic philosophers

• the authority of the church

• observation and experimentation