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The Religious movement that shattered Christian unity in Europe in the 16th century, challenging the authority of the Church
The Protestant Reformation?
True or False? Both Bacon and Descartes adopted Aristotle's scientific assumptions
False
Which of the following types of people were NOT typically accused of being witches?
Men
In Venice, where were Jews forced to live?
Ghettos
What was a step-by-step process of discovery?
Scientific Method
Which of the following was a Frenchmen that played a major role during the Scientific Revolution?
Rene Descartes
In 1687, who published “Mathematical Principles of of Natural Philosophy" explaining the law of gravity and other works?
Isaac Newton
What 2 things did Bacon stress?
Experimentation and observation
True or False? Bacon argued that truth is not known at the beginning of inquiry but at the end, after a long process of investigation
True
What are the 95 Theses?
Arguments against the Church
True or False? Descartes emphasized human reasoning as the best road to understanding
True
Who proposed the heliocentric theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus
What defines the heliocentric theory?
The sun is the center of the universe
Who assembled an astronomical telescope and became the first person to see mountains on the moon?
Galileo Galilei
True or False. The planets move in a circular-shaped orbit called an ellipse
False
What is a government that is run by the Church?
Theocracy
Who used Brahe’s data to calculate the orbits of the planets revolving around the sun?
Johannes Kepler
Who published “On the Structure of the Human Body”, on the first accurate and detailed study of human anatomy?
Andrus Vesalius
Who described the circulation of blood for the first time?
William Harvey
Who introduced the use of artificial limbs?
Ambroise Pare
Who was the first human to see cells and microorganisms such as bacteria?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Who said the famous statement; "I think, therefore I am"?
Rene Descartes
What figure was put on house arrest for the end of his life and muttered the phrase "And yet, it moves" in court
Galileo Galilei
What Greek astronomer taught people that the earth was the center of the universe?
Ptolemy
Who was known as the "Founder of Microbiology"?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek