3.1 Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment Review

When did the Scientific Revolution begin?

• early 1300s

• late 1700s

• mid 1500s

• mid 1600s

How did the Crusades help lead to the Scientific Revolution?

• The Crusades isolated European scholars from other cultures.
• The Crusades discouraged trade and cultural exchange.
• The Crusades promoted the exchange of knowledge and ideas from the Muslim world.

• The Crusades focused solely on religious conflict without any intellectual impact.

What is the geocentric theory?

• The Sun is at the center of the universe.

• The Earth revolves around the Moon.

• The Earth is at the center of the universe.

• All celestial bodies are stationary and do not move.

Which belief did most Europeans believe before the Scientific Revolution?

• the geocentric theory

• the heliocentric theory

• the theory of gravity

• the game theory

Nicolaus Copernicus found evidence of what?

• The geocentric theory.

• The heliocentric theory.

• The theory of relativity.
• The law of universal gravitation.

Why was Galileo Galilei punished by the Church?

• Galileo was punished for his support of alchemy.
• Galileo was punished for advocating the geocentric model of the universe.
• Galileo was punished for his opposition to the Church's authority.
• Galileo was punished for promoting the heliocentric model of the universe.

What did Rene Descartes rely on to understand the universe?

• Reason and mathematics
• Empirical experiments and sensory data
• Religious texts and philosophy
• Intuition and observation

This person said, "I think, therefore I am."

• John Locke

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Francis Bacon

• René Descartes

What did Francis Bacon develop that contributed to the Scientific Revolution?

• The experimental method.

• The concept of natural selection.
• The law of universal gravitation.
• The theory of relativity.

What theory did Isaac Newton develop?

• The theory of universal gravitation.
• The theory of electromagnetism.
• The theory of evolution.
• The theory of relativity.