Ranaissance, Reformation, And Scientific Revolution Review

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Galilieo

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Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist; his discoveries, including the law of motion of falling objects, put him into conflict with the Roman Catholic Church.

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Johannes Guttenberg

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German inventor and printer; he invented movable type (the typewriter.) His first printed publication was a 1,282 page Bible.

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Martin Luther

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German monk whose protests against the Catholic church in 1517 (95 Theses) led to calls for reform and to the Reformation.

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John Calvin

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French protestant theologian of the Reformation; he founded Calvinism, which was associated with the doctrine of predestination.

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King Henry VIII

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The King of England from 1509-1547; his desire to annul his marriage led to conflict with the pope and England's break from the Roman Catholic Church. He founded the Church of England.

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William Shakespeare

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English dramatist and poet; he is considered one of the greatest dramatists of all time.

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Sir Isaac Newton

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English mathematician and natural philosopher; he discovered the law of gravity as well as laws on the physics of objects.

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Sir Thomas More

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English statesman and author; he wrote "Utopia", which describes an ideal society.

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What is the country associated with the Renaissance?

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Italy

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What is the country mainly associated with the Reformation?

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Germany

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Heliocentric Theory

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The scientific theory that has the sun as the center of the universe with the Earth rotating around the sun.

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Indulgences

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Pardons issued by church leaders to reduce a soul's time in purgatory; from the 1100's to the 1500's, these could be purchased, which led to corruption.

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Humanism

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An intellectual movement during the Renaissance that focused on the study of wordly subjects, such as poetry, philosophy, and on human achievements.

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Michelangelo

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Italian Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet; he scuplted the "Pieta" and the "David" and he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist; his interests and talents spanned numerous disciplines. He painted the Mona Lisa.

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Copernicus

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Polish astronomer; he proposed the heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory of the universe.

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Johannes Kepler

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The first astronomer to prove that the planets orbited the sun in an oval pattern, or ellipse.

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Perspective

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The graphic art of an approximate representation, on a flat surface (such as paper), of an image as it is seen by the eye. Became popular during the Renaissance.

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The spread of humanism --

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The humanist theory spread from Italy to cities all through Europe, affecting mainly art and literature.