Scientific Revolution Quiz

During the Middle Ages, scientific ideas came from the writings of ancient Greece and Rome and the teachings of which institution?

• The Catholic Church

• The Islamic Scholars

• The Renaissance Thinkers

• The Enlightenment Philosophers

Who believed that the earth was the center of the universe?

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Ptolemy

• Newton

Beginning in the 1500s, explorers are __________ the Earth.

• Mapping

• Circumnavigating

• Colonizing

• Conquering

Which number system spread to Europe during the Scientific Revolution?

• Roman

• Greek

• Hindu-Arabic

• Egyptian

Who proposed the sun-centered universe where planets revolve around the sun?

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Newton

Why did Copernicus work in secret?

• He feared being exiled by the Catholic Church

• He feared being executed by the Catholic Church

• He feared being imprisoned by the Catholic Church

• He feared being ostracized by the Catholic Church

In what year did Copernicus publish his ideas?

• 1543

• 1500

• 1600

• 1550

What shape did Kepler use math to show that planets moved in?

• Circular orbits

• Square orbits

• Triangular orbits

• Oval orbits

What did Kepler use to show that planets moved in oval orbits?

• Experiments

• Math

• Observations

• Hypotheses

What did Galileo build that was improved?

• Telescope

• Microscope

• Barometer

• Compass