The Reformation
This is the religion that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in protest of financial corruption and immorality
What is Protestant
This playwright is credited with bringing England into the Renaissance era.
Who Is Shakespeare
This is a step-by-step process to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments.
What is the Scientific Method
This person was a highly talented painter, botanist, mathematician, and astronomer. He is best known for painting the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
This is the meaning of the word Renaissance
What is rebirth
He nailed his 95 Theses to the Wittenberg church door, sparking a wave of Protestantism.
Who is Martin Luther
This machine invented in 1440 made it 90 times faster to create books.
What is the printing press
This person recanted his scientific findings at trial, and the Roman Catholic Church didn't forgive him until 1992.
Who is Galileo
This movement led to more realistic artistic depictions in both paintings and sculptures.
What is Humanism
This person invented the printing press
Who is Johann Gutenberg
These are pardons issued by the Catholic Church to forgive sins.
What are indulgences
Machiavelli wrote that it is far safer to be this than loved
What is feared
This scientist is best known for his laws of motion and gravity
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and also sculpted the Humanist-inspired David.
Who is Michelangelo
This is the movement that affirms the dignity of each human being, and believes that humanity must take responsibility for its own destiny
What is Humanism
He inspired the Bohemian Reformation and Hussite Revolution. He was burned at the stake for his beliefs.
Who is Jan Hus
The cynical Italian political philosopher wrote The Prince, which influences political leaders to this day
Who is Machiavelli
Copernicus discovered the solar system is [this term], meaning it revolves around the sun.
What is heliocentric
This artist painted the School of Athens, which portrayed himself alongside Plato, Aristotle, and various Greek Gods and Goddesses
Who is Rafael
This style of art is known for its focus on religion.
What is Medieval
He was one of the first to call for the Bible to be translated from Latin into English. His body was exhumed and burned after he died.
Who is John Wycliff
This early Reformer wrote Humanist-inspired translations of the Bible into Greek, and was the “Prince of Humanists”.
Who is Erasmus
These two men separately developed an early version of the Scientific Method.
Who are Francis Bacon & Ibn Al-Haytham
The statue of David sculpted by this artist was known for being more RELIGIOUS than rational.
Who is Donatello
He sold indulgences to raise money for St. Peter’s Basilica
Who is Pope Leo X