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100
Who originated the Fahrenheit scale used on thermometers? (Give a first and last name.)
Gabriel Fahrenheit
100
Who is known as "The Father of Modern Science"?
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
Which child prodigy composed over 600 works of music, but he died young?
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
100
What is the book "Foxe's Book of Martyrs" about?
That book has as its subject the many accounts of persecutions by "Bloody" Mary on Protestants.
100
List the three children of King Henry VIII.
Who are Mary, Elizabeth and Edward?
200
Which German astronomer discovered teh three laws of planetary motion? (Hint: He was also Lutheran.)
Who is Johannes Kepler?
200
Who is the Polish astronomer who proposed the heliocentric view of the solar system?
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
200
Which Dutch artist was known for his many, many self-portraits?
Who is Rembrandt?
200
What is ONE objective of the Counter-Reformation?
The Roman Catholic Church wanted to stop people from becoming Protestant. or... The Roman Catholic Church wanted Protestants to "come back to the fold," that is, return to the Roman Catholic Church.
200
What is the name of the church that King Henry VIII became the head of when he broke connections with the Pope?
What is the Anglican Church, or Church of England?
300
Which English philospher discovered the universal law of gravitation?
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
300
What were scientists called during the Post-Reformation Era?
What is a natural philosopher?
300
Which well-known English playwright lived at the same time as Queen Elizabeth I?
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
What is ONE of the two main objectives of the Counter-Reformation?
The Roman Catholic Church wanted to stop people from becoming Protestant. or... The Roman Catholic Church wanted Protestants to "come back to the fold," that is, return to the Roman Catholic Church.
300
In what year did the defeat of the Spanish Armada take place?
What is 1588?
400
Which river flows through London?
What is the Thames?
400
Which Italian philospher and scientist discovered the law of uniform acceleration and the laws of the pendulum?
Who is Galileo Galilei?
400
What is one nickname for Queen Elizabeth I?
What is "Good Queen Bess" or "The Virgin Queen"?
400
Which Spanish king married "Bloody" Mary and had the plan to bring those two kingdoms (Spain and England) togethe--and England back into the Roman Catholic Church?
Who is King Phillip II?
400
What is the significance of the defeat of the Spanish Armada?
This showed the dominance of the English navy, and this would make the way for England to have the most powerful navy and kingdom. Also, this made the way for her colonies to take hold in the New World, and those colonies would be largely Protestant.
500
Which river flows through Paris?
What is the Seine?
500
Who was the first to correctly describe the parts of the human body?
Who is Andreas Vesalius?
500
Who was the first to describe the circulatory system of the human body?
Who is William Harvey?
500
Which ecclesiatical tribunal tried men for heresy?
What is the Inquisition?
500
Who painted many portraits of not only the reformers, but also many in the English court of Henry VIII?
Who is Hans Holbein?