Scientific Revolution Assessment

1. 1. Religious anxiety brought a fear of ________, or people who believed to be evil spirit.

2. 2. By 1516, Jews in Venice were restricted to living and working in a separate quarter called a ________.

3. 3. The belief that knowledge is gained by using reason is known as ____________.

4. 4. An ___________ is an official action canceling a marriage.

5. 5. Henry VIII decided to take control of the English Church away from the Pope because the Pope would not annul his ___________ to Catherine of Aragon.

6. 6. Bacon developed the use of _____________________, the process of looking at specific facts and making a rule based on those facts.

7. 7. Modern scientists rely on ____________, the theory that all knowledge is gained through experience and making observations using the senses.

What is the first step to the scientific method?

• Make a hypothesis 
• State a question or problem
• Do the experiment
• Analyze the data 

Why didn't the Catholic Church support the Scientific Revolution?

• They didn't like scientists

• They would lose their authority

• They were greedy

• They needed more priests

How did the Catholic Church react to the new scientific findings and theories during the Scientific Revolution?

• Many of the scientists were Catholic, so the church did not mind them at all

• They did not accept many of the findings and labeled many scientists heretics

• They were very appreciative of the work done by the scientists