Land-based Empires

5. A Polish astronomer who came up with the Heliocentric Theory.
6. A period of drastic change in scientific thought.
10. A Protestant movement which traces its origins to the Radical Reformation.
11. A florentine philosopher known for his political ideas and the author of The Prince.
12. A period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom.
13. A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
16. A theory which states that the Sun is located in the center of all the planets.
17. The process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation.

1. A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
2. The propositions for debate concerned with the question of indulgences written by Martin Luther which sparked the Reformation.
3. An Italian astronomer who made revolutionary telescopic discoveries, such as the four largest moons on Jupiter.
4. A German monk who started the Reformation and created Protestantism.
7. A German astronomer who created the laws of planetary motion.
8. Members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order of priests.
9. A religious reform movement that created Protestantism.
13. A branch of Protestantism that believed in the sovereignty of God.
14. The theological system of Calvin and his followers marked by strong emphasis on the doctrine of predestination.
15. An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.