The Solar System
Background
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Its time!
Leftovers
100
This Greek astronomer developed Aristotle's earth-centered model of the solar system.
Who is Ptolemy ?
100
This background phenomena gave the Europeans a better knowledge of other cultures.
What is the Age of Exploration?
100
This is an attitude that was commonly held and tends to doubt things.
What is skepticism?
100
List the three historical eras covered in class.
What are the ancient, middle ages and modern eras?
100
This is the highest position in the Catholic Church.
Who is the Pope?
200
This expression refers to an earth-centered solar system.
What is geocentric?
200
This event resulted in a split in the Catholic church.
What is the Reformation ?
200
This idea holds that knowledge is gained through logic and deduction.
What is rationalism?
200
When did the modern era begin?
What is 1500?
200
The Pope is chosen from this group of people in the Catholic church.
Who are the cardinals?
300
This Greek term refers to the sun.
What is helios?
300
This background phenomena gave the Europeans a better knowledge of other cultures.
What is the age of exploration?
300
This idea "felt" that knowledge can only be gained through the five senses or observation.
What is empiricism?
300
When did the ancient time period end?
What is 476 AD?
300
This important scientist will be put on trial for his advocacy of a heliocentric view of the universe.
Who is Gallileo Gallilei?
400
This refers to a complicated model of the solar system in which most planets orbited the sun, but the sun still orbited the earth.
What is a geo-heliocentric model? or What is geo-heliocentrism?
400
People felt this way about things.
What is skeptical?
400
This method of gaining knowledge is achieved by creating a hypothesis and then testing it.
What is the scientific method?
400
When did the Renaissance begin?
What are the early 1400s?
400
This is the first focus question for this unit.
What is how did religious belief interact with scientific development in the scientific revolution?
500
Bonus! This question is worth 1000 points for a correct answer. This Greek philosopher was highly respected in the ancient era, the middle ages and the early modern era, AND, he also taught a geocentric model of the solar system.
Who is Aristotle?
500
Skepticism in astronomy resulted in this belief.
What is the belief that astronomy could only create models of the way stars moved but not really describe their movements?
500
This movement was started by Martin Luther.
What is the Reformation ?
500
BONUS! Double your value for this question for a correct answer! This is the time period Mr. Bullock said we lived in now.
What is the post-modern era?
500
This is the second focus question in our unit.
What is how do people respond to new evidence?
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