World History--Topic 15.6 The Scientific Revolution
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
