Renaissance Legends
This Renaissance painter and sculptor created many works, including this Biblical giant-slayer!
Who was Michelangelo?
This German reformer was forced on the run after being deemed a heretic by the Diet of Worms in 1421.
Who was Martin Luther?
This invention allowed Galileo Galilei to argue the heliocentric model of the solar system.
What is the telescope?
What is geocentrism?
Name one major (mainline) American protestant denomination.
What is Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Pentecostalism, etc.?
This English scientist argued for his laws of relative motion. One such law is this: "an object will remain in motion unless acted upon by another force."
Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
This French reformer argued for the doctrine of "pre-destination", which is still held by some Protestant denominations today.
Who was John Calvin?
Although dating back to the Chinese in the 11th century, this European invention in 1440 changed how ideas are spread and permanently changed the course of world history.
What was the Gutenberg printing press?
The Catholic Church would sell these to individuals to ensure their loved ones could leave purgatory. These allowed the Church to fund expensive restoration projects.
What are indulgences?
These are places you can go to study for the unit test. Give at least two answers to get the answer correct.
What are the lecture slides, unit study guide, guided notes, Quizlet, Kahoot, previous classwork, etc.?
In 1992, the Roman Catholic Church officially apologized for branding this Italian scientist as a heretic.
Who was Galileo Galilei?
This reformer, also a king, split his own country away from the Catholic Church to solve his marital problems.
Who was Henry VIII?
This invention uses mercury to measure the air pressure to "predict" future weather patterns.
What is a barometer?
What is humanism?
This branch of Christianity has the most global members, with about 1.3 billion members.
What is Catholic Christianity?
This political philosopher argued that the "end must justify the means."
Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?
This Dutch humanist agreed with Luther that the Church needed to be reformed. However, he chose to remain neutral during the Reformation.
Who was Desiderius Erasmus?
English scientist Francis Bacon proposed this series of steps to standardize how science experiments are conducted. We practice this today in many different fields of study.
What is the Scientific Method?
What is "sacramental union" theology?
This German prince, a personal friend of his, offered to protect Martin Luther after his trial at the Diet of Worms in 1421.
Who was Fredrick the Wise of Saxony?
This Italian architect was responsible for completing the Duomo cathedral in Florence, which at the time was the largest church in Christendom.
Who was Filippo Brunischelli?
This Czech reformer, despite arguing many of the same ideas as Martin Luther a century earlier, is often forgotten for his contributions to the Reformation.
Who was Jan Hus (or John Huss)?
What is the air pump?
What is the "early modern period"?
What is: "1.Affects all people 2.Sudden 3.Planned out?"