Reformation People
He was a German monk who nailed his “95 Theses” of church criticisms to the Wittenberg church door, sparking a wave of Protestantism.
Who is Martin Luther
He is best known for his laws of motion and gravity
Who is Isaac Newton
This is the religion that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in protest of financial corruption and immorality
What is Protestant
This is a step-by-step process to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments.
What is the Scientific Method
This is what potpourri means
What is a mix of different things
He sold indulgences to raise money for St. Peter’s Basilica.
Who is Pope Leo X
He is considered the “Father” of Astronomy, and was put on trial by the Inquisition for promoting heliocentrism
Who is Galileo
This was invented in 1440, and made it 90 times faster to create books.
What is the printing press
The Scientific Revolution truly began with discoveries by scientists of this religion
What is Islam
He broke away from the Catholic Church in order to divorce his first wife and gain total control over both church and state in England.
Who is King Henry VIII
He was a Czech reformer who called for bishops to be elected, and criticized indulgences. He was burned at the stake for his beliefs.
Who is Jan Hus
Both he and Ibn Al-haytham created an early version of the Scientific Method.
Who is Francis Bacon
This is a pardon issued by the Catholic Church to forgive sins.
What is an indulgence
This second step in the Scientific Method involves making a prediction
What is a hypothesis
This is the everyday, ordinary language used by a group of people
What is vernacular
He was one of the first reformers to call for the Bible to be translated from Latin into English. His body was exhumed and burned with his books after he died.
Who is John Wycliff
He discovered the solar system is heliocentric.
Who is Copernicus
This Latin phrase means "only faith" and describes Martin Luther's belief that salvation can only come to those who have faith
What is "sola fide"
Using telescopes, astronomers during the Scientific Revolution discovered that the Earth is this, meaning it revolves around the Sun
What is heliocentric
This is the series of trials and punishments by the Roman Catholic Church to combat heresy, lasting about 700 years
What is the Inquisition
He called himself the “Prince of Humanists.” He wrote Humanist-inspired translations of the Bible, and was the most popular author of his time.
Who is Erasmus
He discovered planetary motion and invented the telescope.
Who is Johannes Kepler
King Henry VIII's six marriages ended with these outcomes (in order)
What is divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived
Galileo recanted his scientific findings at trial, but still was given this punishment
What is house arrest for life
He was the inventor of the printing press in 1440
Who is Johann Gutenberg