World History--Topic 15.6 The Scientific Revolution

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Who developed the use of inductive reasoning?

An English philosopher named Francis Bacon

The work of _________________ and other philosophers and scientists helped establish the scientific method

Bacon

Who concluded that Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun?

Copernicus

Who was The Italian mathematician who supported Copernicus' heliocentric theory, but set out to seek more proof?

Galileo Galilei

________________ findings paved the way for modern science

Galileo's

What is the following quota an example of--"Every time you eat peanuts you start to cough. Therefore, you are allergic to peanuts."

Inductive reasoning

In the early 1500's, a Polish astronomer named _________________________spent many years tracking the movements of the sun, moon, and planets

NIcolaus Copernicus

New theories about the universe marked the beginning of the __________________________

Scientific Revolution

The roots of the ________________ go all the way back to ancient times

Scientific Revolution

Heliocentric theory

The idea that the sun is at the center of the solar system

Although Ancient Greek religion explained the natural world in terms of ______________________ By the 500's BCE, some Greeks began to look for ___________________________ that went beyond stories about gods

gods who controlled important events and natural forces / explanations of the natural world

Galileo's discovery went against Church teaching that all ___________________________

heavenly objects circle the Earth

When Galileo published his findings, he was labeled a __________________ and he was put under house arrest by the _________________

heretic / Church

Galileo built ______________________ and saw, among other things, __________________________

his own telescope / moons revolving around Jupiter

Scientific method

method of using observation, experiments, and careful reasoning

Ancient Greeks thought the universe must follow certain rules and they turned to _______________ to try and discover these rules

reason

Rationalism

the belief that knowledge is gained by using reason

Inductive reasoning

the process of looking at specific facts and making a rule or general principle based on those facts

Empiricism

the theory that all knowledge is gained through experience and making observations


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