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Who was Galileo?
Who started the protestant reformation?
Martin Luther
What happened to Savonarola?
He was executed by the Church
What is the science of the stars?
Astronomy
What is the international language?
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Guttenberg
Why was the Protestant Reformation started?
He did not like the Church's corruption and lies.
Who was Savonarola?
A monk who fought against the Church's corruption
Define Anatomy
The study of human body and it's inner structures
What was Galileo's punishment by the Church?
House arrest or death if he did not take back his statement about the sun and earth
Who discovered the planets move in an ellipsis (oval) pattern?
Johannes Kepler
What was the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther broke away from the Church and created his own religion that was not as corrupt.
Who was Martin Luther?
A german monk who hated the Catholic Church for it's corruption. He went on to found the protestant reformation
The go against, or disagree with the Church publicly or out loud.
What does Heliocentric mean?
The sun is at the centre of the universe
Who was Andreas Vesalius?
Dissected bodies and helped build the science of anatomy
Why was the Church upset at the newly created Protestant Church?
It took away many of the followers of the Church, and took away power and influence from them.
What do Copernicus and Galileo have in common?
They both had ideas about the Sun being the centre of the universe, Copernicus had the idea first, Galileo came later and proved it
To observations, experimenting, and drawing conclusions based on evidence
Scientific Method
What does Geocentric mean?
The Earth is at the centre of the universe
1. Wrote the book "The Prince"
2. Had very strong leadership views that nothing should get in the way of achieving a goal, not even bad behaviour.
What did the Catholic Church do to fix the problem of the Protestant Reformation? This was called the Protestant Counter-Reformation
They fired all the corrupt Priests and gave them a better education
What was Galileo's important invention and how did it change Astronomy?
The telescope. It allowed him to see the other planets and realize that the Sun is at the center
Reducing the time being punished for your sins
Indulgences
How did the invention of the printing press create a better life for people in the Renaissance (2 points).
1. Made books cheaper and easier to buy for all people
2. Made ideas more easily spread around the world which increased innovation and learning