ELL World History Midterm review

The idea that the sun is in the center and the planets go around it is called

• geocentric
• heliocentric

Copernicus and Kepler helped prove which theory?

• geocentric
• heliocentric

Who got into trouble with the Catholic Church for saying the heliocentric theory was true?

• Ptolemy
• Galileo
• Newton

Who wrote a math book called Principia?

• Galileo
• Descartes
• Newton

What science did Maria Winkelmann study?

• astronomy
• chemistry
• medicine

To solve problems, Descartes said to use

• experiments
• logic
• a telescope

What did Bacon invent?

• the scientific method
• the telescope
• the compass

What did the philosophes want to make?

• a better society
• a strong king

What idea did Montesquieu have?

• geocentric
• deism
• separation of powers

Who said there should be religious toleration (freedom)?

• Locke
• Voltaire
• Diderot