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- 1. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed byPtolemyBaconGalieoCopernicus
- 2. Multiple ChoiceIsaac Newton – a mathematician during the Scientific Revolution is best known for _____________?His geocentric theory of the universeThe discovery of universal laws of motionThe invention of the scientific methodDisproving the ideas of Johannes Kepler
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe philosophical doctrine that truth can best be found by reasoning and through the analyzing of facts is calledPositivismRationalismAtheismSecularism
- 4. Multiple ChoiceGalileo is known as the “father of science” becausehe performed experiments and analyzed the results mathematicallyhe developed an early evolutionary theory of how life beganhe invented microscope to view small thingshe determined the planets traveled in elliptical orbits
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following sciences was not an interest of the great minds of the scientific revolution?AstronomyAlchemyMathematicsPhysics
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho of the following is a famous astronomer of the scientific revolution?Toussaint L’OuvertureNicholas CopernicusKarl MarxEli Whitney
- 7. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Middle Ages, ancient Greek philosophy was largely unknown. Most classical works of the Greek philosophers were unavailable, either lost or not translated. This left the European West isolated. Intellectual power at the time was held by?the Roman Catholic Churchthe kings and courts of Western Europereformers in conflict with the Kingscholars at Greek universities
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich Italian astronomer and telescope-maker is said to have contributed more to astronomy than anybody else?Nicholas CopernicusIsaac NewtonJohannes KeplerGalileo Galilee
- 9. Multiple ChoiceRenaissance humanism greatly influenced the Scientific Revolution. It held that beliefs based upon what a person observed and experienced were more valid than beliefs based uponreligious teachingspagan philosophythe dignity of mana person’s nature
- 10. Multiple ChoiceRené Descartes invented the Cartesian coordinate system used in plane geometry and algebra. He also developed which of these types of mathematics necessary for the invention of calculus?metric geometrygeometric algorithmsanalytic geometrytrigonometry
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIsaac Newton Developed many new laws of science, which of the following did he not develop?Laws of MotionLaws of GravityCalculusLaws of Space
- 12. Multiple ChoiceSir Isaac Newton’s work in mathematics has influenced nearly all branches of science and industry. Computer science, business, medicine, and economics all use which of these branches of mathematics to obtain an optimal (best) solution to a problem that can be stated in a mathematical form?linear algebralogiccalculusgeometry
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe scientific method used reason to study a topic. Who developed it?BaconGalileoNewtonCopernicus
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Descartes say?I am the manI thought I couldI think therefore I amI see and I am
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