Renaissance
Protestant Reformation
Scientific Revolution
Enlightenment
Terminology
100
"Renaissance" means this in French.
What is "rebirth"?
100
The Protestant Reformation would not have been as impactful if it was not for this invention.
What is the Gutenberg printing press?
100
This term means the Earth is at the center of the universe, and everything revolves around it.
What is geocentric?
100
This Enlightenment thinker thought that men are naturally evil, and government should be an absolute monarchy.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
100
Life, liberty, and property.
What are natural rights?
200
One key aspect of the Renaissance was a renewed interest in this.
What is Greco-Roman culture?
200
This is the name of the list of arguments Martin Luther had posted to the door of a Church in Germany.
What was the "95 Theses"?
200
The benefit of the Scientific Revolution was that people focused on observations and reasoning instead of a reliance on this?
What is faith?
(Also accepted: Religion)
200
This Enlightenment thinker thought that people are born with the right to life, liberty, and property.
Who was John Locke?
200
"Age of Reason."
What is the Enlightenment?
300
This Renaissance painter was a jack of all trades, known for his paintings, scientific inventions, and dissections of the human body.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
300
These are pardons for sins committed during someone's life. By the Protestant Reformation, they were monetary gifts donated to the Church.
What were indulgences?
300
This term means the Sun is the center of the universe, and everything else revolves around it.
What is heliocentric?
300
This Enlightenment thinker argued that women have the same right to education as men.
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
300
"Sola fide."
What is "faith alone"?
400
This Renaissance man wanted to be known for his sculptures, such as the "David." However, he was better known for his paintings in the Sistine Chapel in Italy.
Who was Michelangelo?
400
Protestants believe that the sole authority figure should be:
What is the Bible?
400
The Church used to support this scientific theory about the universe.
What is geocentric?
400
This Enlightenment thinker thought that governments should be split into 3 branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
Who was Montesquieu?
400
These were the places where intellectuals would go during the Enlightenment to discuss ideas and observations.
What are salons?
500
Author of "The Prince," this man never actually held a government position for very long. Instead, he studied politics from history and wrote the book for the Italian prince at the time.
Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?
500
This man is credited with the English Reformation. It was because he wanted to divorce his first wife and remarry, but the Catholic Church did not like that plan.
Who was Henry VIII?
500
Galileo was charged with this by the Inquisition.
What is heresy?
500
This Enlightenment thinker proposed that there should be a separation of Church and state in a properly functioning government.
Who is Voltaire?
500
This is what a person would be charged with if they spoke out against the Church.
What is heresy?