The Enlightenment and Revolutions Guided Reading
Why was Antoine Lavoisier important?
He invented a system of naming chemical elements.
How did Galileo revolutionize the field of astronomy?
He was the first to use the telescope and discovered that the heavenly bodies were made of material like earth.
Who discovered the universal law of gravitation?
Isaac Newton
What is the scientific method, and why did Francis Bacon develop and promote it?
It's used for collecting and analyzing data. Francis Bacon thought the scientific method would lead to practical discoveries that would help people.
How did the Scientific Revolution change the way Europeans viewed the universe and the place of human beings in it?
Most of the citizens did not come close to the intellectual background as the greatest minds of their time. When the Scientific Revolution began to disprove past ideals and new ideas were shown to the masses, many experienced fear.
Where was Earth in Ptolemy's and Copernicus's conceptions of the universe?
Ptolemy thought it was earth centered and geocentric. Copernicus thought it was sun centered and heliocentric.
Who wrote the phrase, "I think, therefore I am"? In what work did the phrase appear?
Rene Descartes
What instruments made scientific discoveries possible and helped ideas spread quickly?
Telescope, microscope, and the printing press.
How did Renaissance intellectuals view mathematics?
They thought that math was the key to understanding things in the universe, it was seen as the key to navigation.
