Vocabulary
Important People
Renaissance
Reformation
Scientific Revolution
100
Rebirth
Renaissance
100
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616). He wrote Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth
Shakespeare
100
The ____________ decimated large populations around parts of the world between the 1330s and 1350s.
Black Plague
100
________________ was arrested, tried, and burned at the stake for preaching against the immorality and worldliness of the Catholic Church.
Jan Hus
100
Nicolaus Copernicus believed that the universe was __________.
heliocentric, or sun-centered.
200
doctrine (belief) or attitude that is primarily concerned with human beings, their values, capacities, and achievements
Humanism
200
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
Erasmus
200
Francesco Petrarch was a famous ______________.
Humanist
200
In his theses, Luther flatly denied that __________ had any power to remit sin.
Indulgences
200
Unlike earlier approaches, the _________ did not rely on the classical thinkers or the Church, but depended upon a step-by-step process of observation and experimentation.
Scientific Method
300
Members of the society of Jesus, a roman catholic religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola
Jesuits
300
German theologian and religious reformer who was the catalyst of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
300
The Renaissance focused on ___________ culture
Classical
300
This decree declared Luther to be an outlaw and condemned his writings.
Edict of Worms
300
Newton used math to prove the existence of __________.
Gravity
400
Members of a protestant group that believed in baptizing only those persons who were old enough to decide to be christian and believed in the separation of church and state
Anabaptist
400
A statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
Wrote the Prince
Machiavelli
400
Medieval Society
400
This man called for churches to melt down their gold and silver ornaments to buy bread for the hungry and poor members of the church.
Girolamo Savonarola
400
1.Earth
2.Moon
3.Mercury
4.Venus
5.Sun
6.Mars
7.Jupiter
8.Saturn
This is the order for what model of the solar system?
Ptolemy’s geocentric model
500
Doctrine of John Calvin that adhered to the idea that each person's fate is predetermined by God
Predestination
500
Popularized the scientific method and used it with philosophy and knowledge.
Francis Bacon
500
A political and economic upper class funded their interests during the Renaissance. One example of this is the ___________ family.
Medici
500
Pope Paul III called for this and it recognized the need to redefine the doctrines of the Catholic faith from 1545-1563.
Council of Trent
500
Andreas Vesalius was famous for his contributions to the study of __________.
Medicine