Crash Course Scientific Revolution

What event marked the beginning of the Scientific Revolution?

• The Black Death

• The 30 Years War

• The Little Ice Age

• The Reformation

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What did Nicholas Copernicus propose in his book 'On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres'?

• The sun is at the center of the universe

• The earth is at the center of the universe

• The moon is at the center of the universe

• The planets revolve around the earth in perfect circles

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Who was persecuted by the Catholic Church for teaching Copernicus's heliocentric findings?

• Johannes Kepler

• Tycho Brahe

• Galileo Galilei

• Giordano Bruno

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What did Galileo Galilei observe using his telescope?

• The moons of Jupiter

• The rings of Saturn

• The spots on the sun

• The craters on the moon

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Who published 'The Advancement of Learning' and emphasized the importance of conducting one's own experiments?

• Garcia da Orta

• Isaac Newton

• René Descartes

• Francis Bacon

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What did William Harvey discover about the heart?

• It is a pump

• It is the center of the universe

• It is made of gold

• It is controlled by the planets

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Who developed the laws of planetary motion and proved that the orbits of the planets are elliptical?

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

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What did René Descartes prioritize in his philosophy?

• Blind faith

• Doubt and skepticism

• Superstition and astrology

• Religious dogma

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What did Isaac Newton quantify in his laws of motion?

• Mass, inertia, force, velocity, and acceleration

• The secrets of the philosopher's stone

• The influence of the planets on human behavior

• The mystical properties of alchemical substances

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What did the new scientific method prioritize?

• Reason and Evidence

• Faith and Belief

• Authority and Tradition

• Intuition and Instinct

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