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Potpourri
100

He was a German monk who nailed his “95 Theses” of church criticisms to the Wittenberg church door, sparking a wave of Protestantism.

Who is Martin Luther

100

He is best known for his laws of motion and gravity

Who is Isaac Newton

100

This is the religion that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in protest of financial corruption and immorality

What is Protestant

100

This is a step-by-step process to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments.

What is the Scientific Method

100

This is what potpourri means

What is a mix of different things

200

He sold indulgences to raise money for St. Peter’s Basilica.

Who is Pope Leo X

200

He is considered the “Father” of Astronomy, and was put on trial by the Inquisition for promoting heliocentrism

Who is Galileo

200

This was invented in 1440, and made it 90 times faster to create books.

What is the printing press

200

The Scientific Revolution truly began with discoveries by scientists of this religion

What is Islam

200

He broke away from the Catholic Church in order to divorce his first wife and gain total control over both church and state in England.

Who is King Henry VIII

300

He was a Czech reformer who called for bishops to be elected, and criticized indulgences. He was burned at the stake for his beliefs.

Who is Jan Hus

300

Both he and Ibn Al-haytham created an early version of the Scientific Method.

Who is Francis Bacon

300

This is a pardon issued by the Catholic Church to forgive sins.

What is an indulgence

300

This second step in the Scientific Method involves making a prediction

What is a hypothesis

300

This is the everyday, ordinary language used by a group of people  

What is vernacular

400

He was one of the first reformers to call for the Bible to be translated from Latin into English. His body was exhumed and burned with his books after he died.

Who is John Wycliff

400

He discovered the solar system is heliocentric.

Who is Copernicus

400

This Latin phrase means "only faith" and describes Martin Luther's belief that salvation can only come to those who have faith

What is "sola fide"

400

Using telescopes, astronomers during the Scientific Revolution discovered that the Earth is this, meaning it revolves around the Sun

What is heliocentric

400

This is the series of trials and punishments by the Roman Catholic Church to combat heresy, lasting about 700 years

What is the Inquisition

500

He called himself the “Prince of Humanists.” He wrote Humanist-inspired translations of the Bible, and was the most popular author of his time.

Who is Erasmus

500

He discovered planetary motion and invented the telescope.

Who is Johannes Kepler

500

King Henry VIII's six marriages ended with these outcomes (in order)

What is divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived

500

Galileo recanted his scientific findings at trial, but still was given this punishment

What is house arrest for life

500

He was the inventor of the printing press in 1440

Who is Johann Gutenberg