Scientific Revolution - Enlightenment - Exploration Question Bank

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Using reason to understand the world is __________________.

• Geocentric theory
• Heliocentric theory
• Rationalism
• Scientific Method

Aristotle and Ptolemy’s __________________ influenced scientists for 1400 years.

• Geocentric theory
• Heliocentric theory
• Rationalism
• Scientific Method

A theory that said the Earth was the center of the universe and the planets orbited the Earth is __________________.

• Geocentric theory
• Heliocentric theory
• Rationalism
• Scientific Method

With the growth of _________________ in both the Western Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, scholars became more interested in studying religion.

• Islam
• Hinduism
• Christianity
• Buddhism

How were ancient Greek and Roman texts preserved in Muslim Empires?

• They were never found by Muslims.
• They were sent back to Rome and Greece.
• They were copied by Indian scholars.
• They were copied by Muslim scholars.

The Persian polymath Al - Khwarizmi made advances in mathematics, astronomy and geography. What can you infer the word polymath means?

• A person with wide ranging knowledge or learning
• A scholar
• A person who is good at math.

Which of the following is NOT an accomplishment of Al - Khwarizmi?

• He was the head of the library at the House of Wisdom during the Abbasid Empire.
• He invented a telescope which helped scientists examine the stars.
• He introduced the Indian number system from India, which we still use today.
• And he also created algebra helping to improve the solving of linear equations: squares equal roots (ax2 = bx).