Renaissance
Reformation
Scientific Revolution
People
Vocabulary
100
The Northern Renaissance began in this thriving trade city.
What is Flanders?
100
This man, angered by the sale of indulgences in the church, launched the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
This step in the scientific method describes a possible explanation that needs to be tested.
What is a hypothesis?
100
This German inventor revolutionized printing with his invention of the printing press.
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
100
This term represents a religious group that has broken away from an established church.
What is a sect?
200
This artist's greatest accomplishments include The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
200
John Calvin brought his views to this community and established a theocracy to replace its existing government.
What is Geneva?
200
This scientist explained that gravity keeps the planets in orbit.
Who is Isaac Newton?
200
This Renaissance figure was known as "Leonardo of the North."
Who is Albrecht Durer?
200
This term represents a government that is run by religious officials.
What is a theocracy?
300
This powerful, wealthy family controlled Florence, a city-state in Italy.
Who are the Medicis?
300
Henry VIII launched this reformation after being denied a divorce from his wife?
What is The English Reformation?
300
This scientist revolutionized the world of Chemistry.
Who is Robert Boyle?
300
"I think, therefore I am" was a famous quote by this Scientific Revolution figure.
Who is Rene Descartes?
300
This branch of mathematics was used to explain Newton's laws.
What is calculus?
400
This humanist wrote about a vision of an ideal society where people lived in peace and harmony.
Who is Sir Thomas More?
400
This council was established to help recover and reform the Catholic faith during the Catholic Reformation.
What is the Council of Trent?
400
This astronomer is credited with showing that the planets moved around the sun in the shape of an ellipse rather than a circle.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
400
This scientist challenged the church's geocentric view of the universe and was convicted of heresy as a result.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
400
Subjects like history, grammar, rhetoric, and poetry were studied as part of this educational movement during the Renaissance.
What are the humanities?
500
To convey new ideas of humanism during the Renaissance, painters painted:
Well-known people of the day
500
During the Middle Ages, this man used sermons and writings to create an early movement against the Catholic Church.
Who is John Wycliffe?
500
These steps, in order, make up the Scientific Method:
State the problem, gather information, form a hypothesis, experimentation, Analyzing data, draw conclusions, communicate and share data.
500
This Renaissance figure assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts.
Who is Francesco Petrarch?
500
This term conveys the concept that God long ago decided who would be saved and who would not.
What is predestination?
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