Scientific and Artistic Advances Quick Check
Explain how Renaissance humanists influenced the Scientific Revolution.
Humanists started universities to study ancient works from Greece.
Humanists learned Greek and Latin and were eager to rediscover works of ancient scholars. ✅
Humanists returned to the learnings of the church and the texts of the Bible.
Humanists were inspired by Islamic scholars and spread the Islamic culture to Europe.
Which of the following explains how the scientific method changed values and beliefs over time?
It treated faith and the beliefs of the church as the absolute truth.
It treated the ancient Greek philosophers with respect and maintained they could never be wrong.
It treated observable facts and faith with the same understanding.
It treated observable facts as more valuable to our understanding of the universe than faith alone. ✅
Andreas Vesalius went against the Catholic Church by doing what?
dissections on human bodies ✅
asking monarchies to fund research
creating the laws of motion
believing the sun is at the center of the universe
Describe what hindered Galileo and Descartes in their work?
the Catholic Church ✅
the opinions of others
a lack of resources
new mathematical theories
Which of the following explains how the Scientific Revolution influenced society?
People wanted to believe as they always had and stick by the ancient Greeks’ findings.
People wanted to be told how and what to think.
People were eager to follow the church’s advice.
People wanted to explore truth and rationalism. ✅
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