7.1 Scientific Revolution

The heliocentric theory claimed that

• the earth was the center of the solar system.

• the moon was the center of the solar system.

• the sun was the center of the solar system.

Galileo was accused by the Catholic Church of being a heretic. What does that mean?

• He supported Church teachings

• He went against Church teachings publicly to teach new ideas.

• He disagreed with the Church but never publically.

Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  

• That heaven did not exist
• That Earth revolved around the sun
• Against the law of gravity
• That the sun revolved around the Earth

During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.

• Ptolemy
• Francis Bacon
• Isaac Newton
• Nicolaus Copernicus

The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• earthcentric
• world's worst

The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• solar
• sunny

The work of ____________________________ is considered the beginning of the Scientific Revolution.

• Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

• John Locke

• Mary Wollstonecraft

The work of _________________________ is considered the end of the Scientific Revolution.

• Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

• Baron du Montesquieu

• Peter the Great

I was placed under house arrest by the Catholic Church for supporting heliocentrism.

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

• Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

Before Copernicus, most people believed the Sun and planets revolved around the Earth

• True

• False