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Read the passage about Galileo and choose the BEST answer:
1. Why did the Catholic Church investigate Galileo in 1616?
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Galileo was expressing ideas not accepted by the Church.
Galileo hated the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church was afraid Galileo could die.
Galileo was evil.
2. What is heresy?
a. A law against death.
b. Ideas not accepted by the Church.
c. Teaching astronomy.
d. Investigating during trials.
3. According to Aristotle, why was earth different from the planets and stars?
a. Earth had two kinds of motion.
b. Earth was home to the Catholic Church.
c. Earth had terrestrial matter while the stars had celestial matter.
d. Earth was a new kind of body.
4. What did people believe about the universe in the time of Galileo?
a. The Sun was the center of the universe.
b. The Moon revolved around the Sun.
c. Mars rotated around the Moon.
d. The Earth was the center of the universe.
5. Why was it important for the Catholic Church that the Earth were the center of universe? Because
a. Jesus was born in the earth.
b. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher.
c. The solar system was small.
d. The universe is made up of many galaxies.
6. Why was the telescope important for Galileo’s discoveries?
a. He could charge money for the telescope.
b. He could teach the Pope how to use the telescope.
c. He could observe the moon, the sun, and the planets better.
d. He was an inventor.
7. What conclusion did Galileo draw when he observed sun spots?
a. He concluded that Venus was a planet.
b. He realized that the Sun also rotated.
c. He discovered that Jupiter had four moons.
d. He found that the moon had mountains.
8. What is the meaning of heliocentric?
a. Revolving around the sun.
b. Rotating around the earth.
c. A new theory.
d. Moving in space.
9. Why did the Catholic Church hate Galileo’s 1632 book? because
a. It was an opinion with no facts.
b. The book had only three characters.
c. Simplicio, the Church, was not smart in the book.
d. It was offensive.
10. Why did Galileo write the book in Italian and not in Latin?
a. So anybody could read it.
b. He did not know Latin.
c. To hide the truth.
d. To disobey the church.
11. Why did Galileo have to recant his idea that the Earth revolved around the Sun? Because
a. He was not very convinced of his idea.
b. He could be tortured if he said he was right.
c. He was in kneeling position.
d. He could not whisper.
12. Why did the Catholic Church accept that the Earth revolved around the Sun?
a. The Church realized Galileo was right.
b. The Church wanted to talk to Galileo.
c. Galileo was buried in the Church of Santa Croce.
d. It was heretical.