The Scientific Revolution

The invention of the __________________, developed by Johannes Gutenberg, helped spread new ideas.

• Printing press

• Mechanical clock

• Thermometer

• Gunpowder

During the Scientific Revolution, people started to make conclusions based on ...

• traditional ideas

• experimentation and observation

Which theory proposed that the sun was the center of the universe?

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Nuclear

• Universal

Which Italian astronomer and telescope-maker is said to have contributed more to astronomy than anyone else?

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

Which activity was central to the process of learning that was developed during the Scientific Revolution?

• constructing laboratories

• explaining the past

• observing the physical universe

• analyzing government documents

Which of the following is a similarity between the work of scientists and philosophers associated with the Scientific Revolution and those associated with the Enlightenment?

• Focus on examinations of the natural laws that govern the universe

• Belief that only absolute monarchies could improve economic conditions

• Heavy reliance on medieval thinkers

• Extensive support from the Roman Catholic Church

What was a direct result of the Scientific Revolution in Europe?

• The rise of the manorial system

• The application of reason to political thinking

• A gradual decline in the growth of cities

• An acceptance of the divine right theory

All of the following are reasons why the Scientific Revolution occurred in Europe EXCEPT

• Goods brought from explored lands

• Renaissance scholarship

• The Catholic Churches support of new medicines and theories

• The closer role of craftsmen and scholars

Before the 1500's most scholars believed in the ______ Theory and that the earth was an ______ object located at the center of the universe.

• Geoconcentric, unattached

• Geocentric, immovable

• Heliocentric, immovable

• Heliocentric, inanimate

Who was the Italian astronomer who developed the telescope, which confirmed Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory?

• Francis Bacon

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Andreas Vesalius