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Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

People during the Scientific Revolution started to make scientific laws based upon with two principles?

a)

Traditional ideas

b)

Experimentation and exploration

c)

Empiricism and rationalism

2.

Heliocentric Theory means?

a)

The sun is the middle of the universe

b)

The Earth is in the middle of the universe

c)

The Moon is in the middle of the universe

d)

Jupiter is in the middle of the universe

3.

Galileo improved what invention that was used to look further into space?

a)

Quadrant

b)

Telescope

c)

Sail

4.

What is an astronomer?

a)

Someone who studies landscapes

b)

Someone who studies books

c)

Someone who studies the stars and planets

d)

Someone who studies history

5.
Scientist began questioning the teachings of the.......
a)
Roman Catholic Church
b)
Jewish Church
c)
God
d)
The Government
6.
What did the geocentric theory state?
a)
The sun was at the center of the universe
b)
The earth was at the center of the universe
7.
Bacon, Galileo, and Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on experimentation & ________.
a)
observation
b)
guessing
c)
research
d)
what your friends say
8.

What does this image represent?

a)

The Geocentric Theory

b)

The Heliocentric Theory

c)

Aztec Calendar

9.

What does this image represent?

a)

The Heliocentric theory

b)

The Geocentric theory

c)

The Tychonian theory

10.
The 6-step procedure based on observation and experimentation is called...  
a)
Planetary Model
b)
Philosophical Method
c)
Pavlov's Hierarchy of Needs
d)
the Scientific Method
11.

Who was the English scientist who discovered the laws of gravitation?

a)

Galileo

b)

Newton

c)

Kepler

d)

Copernicus

12.

Who was the Italian physicist and astronomer who proved that objects of different weights, if dropped from the same height, fell at the same rate of speec. He was also responsible discovering the law of the pendulum.

a)

Galileo

b)

Vesalius

c)

Hooke

d)

Boyle

13.
According to Copernicus, the sun  
a)
Revolved around the earth
b)
Was the center of the Universe
c)
Was the biggest star
d)
 Had many moons
14.

What theory states that human reason is the main source of knowledge?

a)

Rationalism

b)

Empiricism

15.

As interest in science increased what did the bourgeoisie, monarchs, and nobles establish?

a)

Scientific Academies

b)

Universities

c)

Secondary Schools

d)

Science Academies within the Catholic Church

16.

The Scientific Revolution led to breakthroughs in

a)

astronomy

b)

physics and chemistry

c)

geography

d)

botany and zoology

e)

all of the above

17.

In Europe during the 17th century, scientific academies were open to men and women

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The way individuals think and reason would be classified as their

a)

ideology

b)

religion

c)

political

d)

economic

19.

Believing in empiricism and rationalism is an example of a person's

a)

ideology

b)

religion

c)

political

d)

economic