Vocab
Reformation & Counter Reformation
Renaissance
Science
Bubonic Plague
100

A branch or subgroup of Christianity

What is a denomination? 

100

The OG PROTESTant. 

Who is Martin Luther? 

100

This mural painting, from Da Vinci, can be found if you look up while standing in the Sistine Chapel. 


What is the Creation of Adam? 
100

Galileo's process that he creates. 

What is the Scientific Method? 

100

The group of conquerors that spread the Black Death west from central Asia to the Middle East and Europe.

Who are the Mongols? 

200

In the Roman Catholic Church, this was the way to pay to a better afterlife. 

What is an indulgence? 

200

These are Martin Luther's two main complaints. 

What are indulgences AND the Pope's abuse of power? 

200
This Renaissance text was written as a guide to creating a "safe" state and a powerful/successful ruler. 

What is Machiavelli's The Prince

200
The English scientist that discovered Calculus AND the laws of gravity.

Who is Sir Isaac Newton? 

200

The theory at the time of the Bubonic Plague for who was to blame for the massive amount of death. 

Who is God OR the Angel of Death? 

300

A Renaissance movement that puts humans at the center of life; society becomes more individualistic AND starts questioning the existing societal norms

What is HUMANISM? 

300

These are two main outcomes of the Council of Trent. 

What are the Pope alone has the power to interpret the Bible AND indulgences are justified. 

300

The city-state where the Renaissance begins. 

What is Florence, Italy? 

HALF points only if you said Italy

300

This German scientist was one of the first to connect religion and science, "God causes Science;" we can be religious AND believe Science is real. 

Who is Kepler? 

300
The idea of wearing face masks during COVID-19 originates from this practice. 

What is covering themselves, such as Plague Doktors with their beak masks or covering your face (eyes/nose/mouth). 

400

A Catholic society, part of the "Counter Reformation" efforts to reform Catholicism and make it a truly global religion? 

What are the Jesuits? 

400

This Swiss PROTESTant believed in predestination, wanted a religious theocracy, and hated fun. 

Who is John Calvin? 

400

European rulers supported the arts for what reason? 

What is to display their power? 

400

This Polish polymath is remembered as the father of modern astronomy, who created the model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. 

Who is Nicolaus Copernicus? 

400

These trade-focused states controlled the Mediterranean, but also carry the Black Death from the Mongols to the rest of Europe.

What is the Italian city-states? 

500

This scientific theory challenged the Roman Catholic Church by proving the Earth was not the center of the solar system. 

What is a heliocentric universe? 

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! For 1,000 points: 

The wives of the infamous Henry VIII of England, in order, as well as what happened to each Queen. 

Who is: 

Katherine of Aragon (DIVORCED) 

Anne Boleyn (BEHEADED) 

Jane Seymour (DIED) 

Anne of Cleves (DIVORCED) 

Catherine Howard (BEHEADED) 

Catherine Parr (SURVIVED) 

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: 

The two separate phases of the Renaissance AND the differences between the two. 

What is the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance? 

What is the Northern Renaissance focused on daily peasant life, while the Italian Renaissance focused on the upper classes and works of art

500

This scientist is the "OG Astrology girlie," who connected political events to the stars. 

Who is Kepler? 

500
A major long-term effect of the Black Death for European society. 

What is the end of Feudalism? 

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