Renaissance and Reformation Vocab Quiz Quiz

What does the term "Heliocentric" refer to?

• A method used to confirm scientific findings

• A belief that the sun is the center of the universe

• A person who provides financial support for the arts

• An intellectual movement during the Italian Renaissance

What was the Renaissance?

• A religious belief that is contrary to the official teachings of the church

• A period of great creativity and change in Europe from the 1300s through the 1600s

• A period in the 1500s and 1600s where traditional ideas were challenged

• A Polish astronomer who proposed the sun-centered model of the universe

What is the Scientific Method?

• A period in the 1500s and 1600s of scientific challenges to traditional ideas

• A painstaking method used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis

• The act of canceling or invalidating something

• A belief that salvation is gained through faith alone

What does "Secular" mean?

• Related to religious matters

• Based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe

• Having to do with worldly, rather than religious matters

• A person who provides financial support for the arts

What is the main belief of Calvinism?

• Salvation is gained through faith alone and the Bible is the source of religious truth

• The sun is the center of the universe

• A person who provides financial support for the arts

• A method used to confirm scientific findings

What does "Annul" mean according to the Catholic Church?

• To confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis

• To cancel or invalidate (in the RCC applies to marriage)

• To support the heliocentric theory

• To provide financial support for the arts

What is heresy?

• A period of great creativity and change in Europe

• A painstaking method used to confirm findings

• A religious belief that is contrary to the official teachings of the church

• The act of providing financial support for the arts

What is an indulgence in according to the Roman Catholic Church?

• A list of complaints against the Church

• A period of religious transformation

• Pardon for sins committed during a person's life

• A French reformer's teachings

What are the 95 Theses?

• The idea that God has predetermined who will gain salvation

• A French Protestant reformer's teachings

• A German monk's call for revolution

• A list of 95 arguments against indulgences posted by Martin Luther on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517

What does predestination refer to?

• The period when Europeans broke away from the Roman Catholic Church

• The idea that God long ago determined who will gain salvation

• A list of 95 arguments against indulgences

• A German monk's call for revolution