Chapter 22 Section 1

Question 1

Scientific Revolution

Answer 1

A new way of thinking about the natural world

Question 2

Nicolaus Copernicus

Answer 2

Polish cleric and astronomer

Question 3

Heliocentric Theory

Answer 3

Copernicus’s sun-centered theory

Question 4

Johannes Keplar

Answer 4

Brilliant mathematician who continued Tycho Brahe’s work

Question 5

Galileo Galilei

Answer 5

Discovered many theory that disproved that of previous theories

Question 6

Scientific Method

Answer 6

A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas

Question 7

Francis Bacon

Answer 7

English politician and writer, attacked medieval scholars and urged scientists to experiment

Question 8

René Descartes

Answer 8

Also believed that scientists needed to reject old assumptions. Relied on mathematics and logic rather than experimentation

Question 9

Isaac Newton

Answer 9

English scientist that discovered the law of universal gravity and the laws of motion

Question 10

Geocentic Theory

Answer 10

Earth-Centered Theory