Bell Ringer

What nickname did Elizabeth I earn due to her decision not to marry?

A) The Iron Lady

B) The Virgin Queen

C) Good Queen Bess

D) The Queen Mother

Who was a famous playwright during Elizabeth I’s reign?

A) William Shakespeare

B) Geoffrey Chaucer

C) John Milton

D) Charles Dickens

• The Scientific Revolution began in the 1550s due in part to new ideas and questioning of authority that emerged during which period?

A) The Dark Ages

B) The Reformation

C) The Feudal Period

D) The Middle Ages

What impact did the Reformation have on European thought that helped lead to the Scientific Revolution?

A) It encouraged acceptance of all scientific teachings.

B) It led people to believe that science was unnecessary.

C) It inspired questioning of authority and traditional beliefs.

D) It prohibited the study of science in Europe.

Copernicus' heliocentric hypothesis proposed that the Earth and other planets revolve around the __________, not around Earth.

Copernicus’ theory laid the foundation for modern __________.

Isaac Newton discovered and explained the theory of gravity.

a) True b) False

Newton’s work focused only on the physics of motion, without studying light or heat.

a) True b) False

Closure Activity

1. Which English doctor proved that blood circulates through the body and is pumped by the heart?

• A) Andreas Vesalius

• B) William Harvey

• C) Robert Hooke

• D) Edward Jenner

2.Vesalius' work on human anatomy added to European knowledge of the human body for the first time in over how many years?

• A) 500 years

• B) 1,000 years

• C) 1,500 years

• D) 2,000 years