The Intellectual Revolutions

Question 1

When was the scientific revolution?

Answer 1

15-1600’s

Question 2

What was the scientific revolution

Answer 2

Sudden and dramatic change in how ppl viewed the world

Question 3

What happened durning the scientific revolution

Answer 3

Science and reason were used to exlain how the world worked

Ppl no longer turned to the Bible and the Catholic Church for answers

Question 4

Key ppl to scientific revolution

Answer 4

Galileo 
Copernicus 
Newton 
Kepler 
Descartes

Question 5

Copernicus

Answer 5

Astronomer who developed the heliocentric theory- tag idea that the planets revolve around the sun

Question 6

Galileo

Answer 6

Astronomer who proved Galileo was correct

He was put on trial by the Catholic Church cuz he contradicted its teachings

Question 7

Sir Isaac Newton

Answer 7

Mathematician and astronomer who developed calculus and the theory of gravity

Question 8

Johannes Kepler

Answer 8

Astronomer who helped discover that the planets move

Question 9

Descartes

Answer 9

Mathematician scientist and philosopher

Question 10

Key effects of the scientific revolution

Answer 10

It resulted in the spread of new ideas throughout Europe
It challenged traditional authority
The new ideas of this period led directly to the enlightenment