SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

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The Catholic Church considered some thinkers of the Scientific Revolution to be heretics because they questioned claims made in biblical passages.

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questioned claims made in biblical passages.

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The work of which scientist was most strongly condemned by the church? Options: Galileo, Kepler, Lloyd, John Adams

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Galileo

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The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is called

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geocentric

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The idea that the sun is the center of our universe

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Heliocentric

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Before the scientific revolution, the people believed kings got their power to rule from: 1. Congress / Parliament 2. the people (democratic elections) 3. the worldwide web 4. God (divine right)

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God (divine right)

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Francis Bacon is known for his invention of the

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scientific method

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The Heliocentric theory, proposed initially by Copernicus, contends the Earth is at the center of the solar system.

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False

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Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were: the Catholic Church and ancient scholars, Muslim scribes, navigators and explorers, Confuscious and Ghandi

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the Catholic Church and ancient scholars

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Copernicus was the first modern scientist to think...

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The sun is the center of the universe.

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Galileo was brought before the Church and charged with heresy because...

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He published a book agreeing with the heliocentric theory.