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Counter Reformation and the Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The goal of missionaries were to do which of the following?

a)

To conquer new land

b)

to invent new trade goods

c)

to convert people to a new religion

d)

All of the above

2.

The Counter-Reformation goals were to do which of the following?

a)

Encourage people to listen to the arguments of Martin Luther

b)

Stop people from leaving the Catholic Church

c)

Get people to leave the Catholic Church and embrace the ideas of John Calvin

d)

All of the above

3.

The goals of the Spanish Inquisition were to.....

a)

Make Spain a home for ALL RELIGIONS

b)

Make Spain a firmly Catholic country

c)

Embrace the teachings of The Quran

d)

Embrace the Jewish faith

4.

The heliocentric model of the universe was a change from previous ways of thinking because...

a)

it said the earth was the center of the universe

b)

It said that the moon was the center of the universe

c)

It said that the sun was at the center of the universe

d)

It proved that the universe was smaller than we originally thought

5.

How did the Catholic Church feel about the new discoveries in science

a)

They embraced new scientific findings even if it was not what was taught by the church

b)

They encouraged all scientists to find flaws in the Bible's teachings

c)

After initially ignoring it, they agreed they did not want information that disagreed with the Bible being spread

d)

All of the above

6.

I figured out that blood is constantly circulating through the human body, through our veins and arteries, thanks to our heart pumping. I did this by hanging out on battlefields as the battles were going on to test my hypothesis

a)

Galileo

b)

Bacon/Descartes

c)

Issac Newton

d)

Andreas Vesalius

e)

William Harvey

7.

I worked to develop a scientific method through observation and experimentation. I wanted people of the era not to simply listen to what was already believed, but to push for provable knowledgethat could be confirmed using science

a)

Galileo

b)

Bacon/Descartes

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Andreas Vesalius

e)

William Harvey

8.

I assembled an astronomical telescope, angered the Catholic Church, and was eventually tried by the Inquisition and kept under house arrest. Although I recanted my findings, I was the first one to see the imperfections of the moon, spots on the sun, and the moons of Jupiter

a)

Galileo

b)

Bacon/Descartes

c)

Issac Newton

d)

Andreas Vesalius

e)

William Harvey

9.

I was the one who proved many original thoughts about human anatomy wrong. By doing hundreds of autopsies, I was able to write "The Fabrica" the most famous anatomy book ever written.

a)

Galileo

b)

Bacon/Descartes

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Andreas Vesalius

e)

William Harvey

10.

I am known as one of the most important figures during the Scientific Revolution. I used math to prove that a single force (gravity) keeps the planets in their orbit around the sun. My laws of motion and the study of calculus were also major contributions to science.

a)

Galileo

b)

Bacon/Descartes

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Andreas Vesalius

e)

William Harvey