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The Scientific Revolution
Section 3
FILL IN THE BLANK For each of the following statements, fill in the
blank with the appropriate word, phrase, or name.
1. The
established science as the most effective method
for learning about the natural world.
2. English philosopher
noted how scientists using
observations, facts, experiments, and theories, revealed the truth about how
nature worked.
3. French philosopher
believed nothing should be
accepted as true if it wasn’t proven to be true.
4. A step by step process for performing experiments and other scientific research is
called the
5. A
.
is a solution that a scientist proposes to solve a
problem.
6. Scientists thought they could use
to determine how to
improve society.
7. The Roman
Church was a powerful force in Europe
during the time of the Scientific Revolution.
8. The idea that the earth orbited the sun contradicted the Church teaching that the
earth was the center of the
9.
.
published a book that supported the view that the
planets orbit the sun.
10. He was put on trial by the
, the arm of the Church
devoted to punishing people who questioned Church authority.
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Section 3
1. Scientific Revolution
2. Francis Bacon
3. René Descartes
4. scientific method
5. hypothesis
6. reason
7. Catholic
8. universe
9. Galileo
10. Inquisition
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Section 2
1. T
2. F, Positions of nobility were inherited.
3. F, They did believe in human sacrifice.
4. T
5. F, The Aztecs had a sophisticated written
The Early Americas
language.
Section 1
1. Andes
2. Olmec
3. larger
4. Asia
5. Mesoamerica
6. Maize
7. beans, squash
8. Olmec
9. Bering Strait
10. Amazon
6. T
Section 3
1. Incas
2. Peru
3. Pachacuti
4. twelve
5. Quechua
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
quipus
mita
llamas
Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro
Section 4
1. b
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. c
Section 2
1. j, terraces
2. f, obsidian
3. d, cities
4. e, kings
5. c, cacao beans
6. g, Olmec
7. k, trade
8. h, Pacal
9. l, warfare
10. m, Yucatan
The Age of Exploration
Section 1
1. shipbuilding
2. Christians
3. caravel
4. triangular
5. Prince Henry the Navigator
6. Christopher Columbus
7. Pedro Cabral
8. Ferdinand Magellan
9. England and France
10. geography
Section 3
1. F, legends and history were recorded in the
2.
3.
4.
5.
causeways
chinampas
conquistadors
disease
Moctezuma II
Hernán Cortés
Popol Vuh.
F, Priests were upper-class.
F, It was 365 days.
T
F, the Maya did have a writing system.
Section 2
1. F, Columbian Exchange
2. T
3. F, they forced Native Americans to do the
The Aztec and Inca Empires
Section 1
1. northern Mexico
2. tribute
3. Tenochtitlán
4. Mesoamerica
work on plantations.
4. F, Las Casas advocated converting
American Indians to Christianity through
love, gentleness, and kindness.
5. T
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