Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution

This person founded a Protestant denomination known for very strict adherence to living as pure a life as possible. Later versions of this denomination would be known as Puritans and Huguenots. Who is this person?

• John Calvin

• Martin Luther

• John Wesley

• Ulrich Zwingli

In his book, The Prince, this author wrote a guide on how rulers should lead and keep power.

• Niccolò Machiavelli

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Who is credited with creating the masterpiece to the left?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Vincent van Gogh

• Pablo Picasso

• Claude Monet

This was a meeting held by the bishops and cardinals of the Catholic Church to try to reform the Church and thereby stop people from "leaving" the faith in large numbers. It was because of this meeting that the Catholic Church changed its stance about the use of indulgences. Name this meeting.

• Council of Trent

• Council of Nicaea

• Council of Chalcedon

• Council of Constance

This scientist showed that gravity was what keeps planets in their orbits around the sun. He is also known for discovering the laws that govern motion. Who is this scientist?

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

• Nikola Tesla

This individual was credited with beginning the Reformation. His initial hope was to reform or 'fix' the Catholic Church. Who is this individual?

• Martin Luther

• John Calvin

• Henry VIII

• Ignatius of Loyola

The fresco of the Last Supper in a monastery cafeteria near Milan, Italy, was created by which artist?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

• Caravaggio

This was the “second phase” of the Renaissance that took place, following its beginning in Italian city-states.

• The Northern Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Age of Exploration

• The Scientific Revolution

This was the belief (held by many ancient astronomers and the Catholic Church) that the earth was the center of the solar system.

• Geocentric model (or Geocentrism)

• Heliocentric model (or Heliocentrism)

• Copernican model

• Newtonian model

This person invented an object that launched the beginning of the Information Age.

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Isaac Newton