Scientific Revolution

During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by

• Ptolemy
• Bacon
• Galieo
• Copernicus

Isaac Newton – a mathematician during the Scientific Revolution is best known for _____________?

• His geocentric theory of the universe
• The discovery of universal laws of motion
• The invention of the scientific method
• Disproving the ideas of Johannes Kepler

The philosophical doctrine that truth can best be found by reasoning and through the analyzing of facts is called

• Positivism
• Rationalism
• Atheism
• Secularism

Galileo is known as the “father of science” because

• he performed experiments and analyzed the results mathematically
• he developed an early evolutionary theory of how life began
• he invented microscope to view small things
• he determined the planets traveled in elliptical orbits

Which of the following sciences was not an interest of the great minds of the scientific revolution?

• Astronomy
• Alchemy
• Mathematics
• Physics

Who of the following is a famous astronomer of the scientific revolution?

• Toussaint L’Ouverture
• Nicholas Copernicus
• Karl Marx
• Eli Whitney

During the Middle Ages, ancient Greek philosophy was largely unknown. Most classical works of the Greek philosophers were unavailable, either lost or not translated. This left the European West isolated. Intellectual power at the time was held by?

• the Roman Catholic Church
• the kings and courts of Western Europe
• reformers in conflict with the King
• scholars at Greek universities

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

• Nicholas Copernicus
• Isaac Newton
• Johannes Kepler
• Galileo Galilee

Renaissance humanism greatly influenced the Scientific Revolution. It held that beliefs based upon what a person observed and experienced were more valid than beliefs based upon

• religious teachings
• pagan philosophy
• the dignity of man
• a person’s nature

René Descartes invented the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra. He also developed which of these types of mathematics necessary for the invention of calculus?

• metric geometry
• geometric algorithms
• analytic geometry
• trigonometry