Scientific Revolutionaries
Who is credited with inventing the scientific method?
Francis Bacon
What is the belief that the SUN rather than the EARTH is at the center of the universe?
Heliocentric Model
What was the prevailing theory that the EARTH is at the center of the universe?
Geocentric Model
What was the Renaissance?
An artistic revolution which moved away from medieval style.
What English scientist defined gravity and was one of the founders of modern physics?
Isaac Newton
What do you call the method by which scientific theories are tested and data is collected?
Scientific Method
In the medieval period, the "science" which involved mapping the stars, sun, moon, planets and constellations (and which develops into the study of "astronomy") was called what?
Astrology
What does the SOUTHERN Renaissance emphasize in art?
Idealism
What astronomer, author of On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, believed that the earth revolves around the sun?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Kepler describes how the planets do not revolve in circular orbits, but rather in what shape?
Ellipses (oval)
Why did late medieval and early modern plague doctors put aromatic herbs in their beaked masks?
The purify the air (miasma) and to help mask the smell of those sick and dying
What does the NORTHERN Renaissance emphasize in art?
Realism
Who came up with the Three Laws of Planetary Motion?
Johannes Kepler
Galileo is famous for having greatly improved what piece of star-gazing scientific equipment?
Telescope
In the medieval period, the "science" which involved seeking a means to turn lead into gold (and which develops into the study of "chemistry") was called what?
Alchemy
Name at least TWO Renaissance artists
Leonardo Divinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, Pieter Brueghel, etc.
What famous Italian astronomer was convicted of heresy by the Inquisition?
Galileo Galilei
What theory states that there is a universal force of attraction acting between all matter?
Gravity
What counterproductive Roman medical treatment, involving bleeding the patient, was used in the Black Death?
Blood-letting
What does the word Renaissance mean (in French)?
"Rebirth" because the movement was seen as a rebirth into classical/ancient artistic style