World History - Unit 2 Test 1

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A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of a new branch of Christianity.

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Reformation, Protestant Reformation

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A pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin

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Indulgence, Indulgences

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Former German monk that led the Protestant Reformation, wrote the 95 theses and challenged the Catholic Church.

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Martin Luther

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Religious movements that break away from orthodoxy, different branches.

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Sect, Sects

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The belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power

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Predestination

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The reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected)

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Counter - Reformation, Counter Reformation

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Meeting of Roman Catholic leaders called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by Protestant reformers

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Council of Trent

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A major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.

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Scientific Revolution

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Point of View, used in art.

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Perspective

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"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

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Renaissance