Prominent Figures
His resume includes: a dispute with the Pope, creation of the Anglican Church and six marriages.
Who is Henry VIII?
Extra, extra, read all about it... this invention allowed for the rapid dissemination of new ideas across Europe!
What is the printing press?
This wasn't a fad that will get you slim for summer, but an assembly gathered to force an important figure of the Reformation to recant his critiques.
What is the Diet of Worms?
Contrary to the millennium old theory pioneered by the Greeks and endorsed by the Catholic Church, this birth of this competing idea is argued to mark the start of the Scientific Revolution.
What is the heliocentric model?
A scathing critique posted on a Church door?! And there were how many?
What is 95? or What are the 95 Theses?
His critiques of the Catholic Church led to institutional reforms, copy-cats and even a new denomination. Nailed it!
Who is Martin Luther?
Prove it! This empirical method for acquiring knowledge was so impactful that its widespread adoption led to an era of innovation.
What is the Scientific Method?
I'm not asking you a question, I'm demanding you recant your statements! This event saw the Catholic Church claim victory over a "heretic" and his view that the Earth is not the center of the universe.
What is Galileo's Inquisition?
Let's make a deal. I give up my liberty and/or finances and the government grants me societal good and/or useful services.
What is a social contract?
Infamous English monarch, Henry VIII may need marriage counseling as he had this many wives.
What is six?
This English political philosopher argued that we are given natural rights to life, liberty and property. He believed the government must answer to the people.
Who is John Locke?
This period's ideals significantly impacted culture in areas of art, music and literature.
What is the Enlightenment?
A series of meetings where the Catholic Church implemented some reforms
What is the Council of Trent?
Aliens?! No... unalienable, they cannot be taken away because they are granted by your Creator and must be recognized by the government.
What are natural rights?
We have this many branches of government, which came from Montesquieu's ideal structure of government based on the principle of Separation of Powers.
What is three?
I don't believe my eyes! This polymath greatly contributed to the Scientific Revolution with his work on gravity, calculus and laws of motion.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This scientist helped us look a little closer with his advancements in microscope technology.
Who is Anton van Leeuwenhoek?
The creation of this church all stemmed from one monarch's desire for a divorce.
What is the Anglican Church (Church of England)?
I want a divorce! This overarching societal ideal was the basis for the separation of Church and State.
What is secularism?
Newton had motion? No.. laws of motion, there were ___ of them to be exact.
What is three?
This freedom-loving Frenchman might not agree with what you say, but he'd defend your right to say it.
Who is Voltaire?
Often associated with the phrase "consent of the governed," this concept means that the people are the source of all political power.
What is popular sovereignty?
God save the Queen! This insurrection inspired two men to develop two different ideologies from their views on human nature.
What is the English Revolution?
This method of "proof" surpasses logical reasoning and experimentation according to one prominent German theologian.
What is justification by faith?
Locke in and tell me the year in which the famous English thinker argued for existence of natural rights.
What is 1690?