World History & Geography - Week 7

What is Humanism?

• The belief in human potential and capabilities

• The invention of the printing press

• The excesses of absolute monarchs

• The Renaissance and the Reformation.

The invention of the printing press increased literacy and ideas could now spread ____.

• slower

• faster

• less easily

• more difficultly

Which event is considered a significant milestone in the Scientific Revolution, marking the shift from the earth centered model of the universe to a sun centered perspective?

• Newton publishes on laws of gravity

• Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory

• Galileo's observations of Jupiter's moons

• Kepler's discovery of the laws of planetary motion

In 1609, who published on the laws of gravity?

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Diderot

• France

Who discovered the heliocentric theory?

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Copernicus

• Francis Bacon

Isaac Newton is known for his three laws of motion. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

• Law of Inertia

• Law of Universal Gravitation

• Law of Action and Reaction

• Law of Acceleration

Fill in the blank: _______ & Kepler discovered elliptical, planetary orbits.

• Copernicus

• Brahe

• Galileo

• Newton

How did scholars determine why events happened?

• A) Scholars relied on ancient authorities and spiritual beliefs.

• B) Scholars observed nature and experimented with new ideas.

• C) Scholars used scientific reasoning.

• D) Scholars relied on modern technology.

During the enlightenment, scholars used ______ to describe the physical, political, and social world.

• ancient authorities

• spiritual beliefs

• scientific reasoning

• religious texts

Which of the following was a key idea of the philosophes during the Enlightenment?

• Reason

• War

• Ignorance

• Isolation