Scientific Revolution and Age of Exploration! Study Supplement

Who hypothesized the Heliocentric Theory?

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Ptolemy

Who is known as the Father of Modern Science?

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Francis Bacon

• Galileo Galilei

• Henry The Navigator

Who discovered the Laws of Motion and invented Calculus?

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Francis Bacon

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who created the Scientific Method?

• Christopher Columbus

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Francis Bacon

Who hypothesized the Geocentric Theory?

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Francis Drake

Who started a school of navigation and funded explorations?

• Henry The Navigator

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• Francis Drake

Who was the first man to sail around the Horn of Africa?

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

Who was the first European to sail to the Americas?

• Christopher Columbus

• Francis Drake

• Henry The Navigator

• Galileo Galilei

Who was the first man to circumnavigate the globe?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francis Bacon

• Nicholas Copernicus

Which of the following was a root of the Scientific Revolution?

• Greek Thinkers

• Improved Navigation

• New Trade Routes

• Gold