Renaissance & Reformation Review

Historically, who were Protestants?

• People who followed a new type of Christianity after breaking away from the Catholic Church

• Members of the Catholic Church

• Anyone who was a Christian

• Jesuits

Which scientist is credited with the idea of the heliocentric universe?

• Galileo

• Boyle

• Copernicius

• Newton

When Martin Luther wrote the Ninety-Five Theses,

his main intent was to

• end the power of the Church in Europe

• reform corrupt practices of the clergy

• create a new and separate form of Christianity

• enhance his position in the Church

This event was a drastic change in thought that took place by the use of thought, reason, and experimentation.

• The Renaissance

• Scientific Revolution

• Age of Enlightenment

• The Protestant Reformation

Because of the invention of the printing press, books were made _______ and were cheaper.

• Faster

• Slower

• About the same

The selling of simony was...

• when the Catholic Church hired people to do their dirty work

• when the Catholic Church sold simon

• when the Catholic Church took money and promised forgiveness

• when Catholic Church members sold offices/positions in the Church for money

This scientist was put on TRIAL by the Catholic Church for supporting the theory that the sun was the center of the universe.

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Boyle

This scientist is credited with discovering the laws of motion, most notably gravity.

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Boyle

This scientist was a physicist and chemist who studied the nature of elements and compounds.

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Boyle

With the invention of the printing press, ____________ rates went up.

• Literacy

• Birth

• Death

• Graduation