Reformation
Wrote 95 theses against the Catholic Church, an act that started the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
A person who believes in or practices a religious belief that is strongly opposed with the established belief.
Heretic
Who is credited with the heliocentric model?
Nicolaus Copernicus
A pardon releasing a person from punishment due for a sin
Indulgence
A government controlled by religious leaders
Theocracy
A religion that believes the Pope is the head of the church
Roman Catholicism
What was the Scientific Revolution?
The creation and spread of new ideas and discoveries from roughly 1500-1700
What was the “heliocentric model”?
The idea that the sun is at the center of the universe
Declared himself the head of the English Church
King Henry VIII
A religion that believes God has predetermined who will be saved
Calvinism
Credited with developing what we know today as the “Scientific Method” (Must name both for correct answer)
Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon
Why did the King of England decide to form his own Church separate from the Catholic Church?
To divorce his first wife Catherine of Aragon
This group, made up of religious nobility, was founded in 1530 to protect Lutherans
Schmalkaldic League of Protestant Princes
What did the Peace of Augsburg accomplish?
Ended fighting between Roman Catholics and Lutherans in Germany
What made the heliocentric model controversial?
It suggested the earth was not the center of the universe, challenging popular belief of the time
Name at least one cause of the Scientific Revolution
Possible answers:
The voyages of discovery, exploration, and colonization
Ancient & Medieval works translated into Latin, then commonly spoken languages (such as was done in the Renaissance)
New inventions & institutions that promoted sharing of knowledge (such as the printing press)