Unit 4: History Vocab

8. Renaissance scientists were the first to adopt Francis Bacon's system which relied on observation and hypothesis to establish its claims.
9. a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s and resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism.
13. drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries.
14. Considered a pioneer in astronomy and is known for his three laws of planetary motion
15. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
17. called the father of observational astronomy, modern-era classical physics, the scientific method, and modern science.

1. proposed a heliocentric system, that the planets orbit around the Sun, was a Renaissance polymath
2. a vibrant period of European cultural, artistic, political and scientific “rebirth” after the Middle Ages
3. began the Protestant Reformation with the publication of his Ninety-Five Theses
4. an apostolic religious community called the Society of Jesus
5. a cosmological model in which the Sun is assumed to lie at or near a central point (e.g., of the solar system or of the universe) while the Earth and other bodies revolve around it.
6. a vibrant period of European cultural, artistic, political and scientific “rebirth” after the Middle Ages
7. a word used to describe a perfect imaginary world.
10. was an Italian diplomat, author, philosopher and historian who lived during the Renaissance. He was (wrongly) suspected of conspiring against the Medici family.
11. are a group of Protestants whose church is founded on the concept of democratic rule under the Word of God
12. is a list of propositions for an academic disputation written in 1517 by Martin Luther
16. Christians who believe in delaying baptism until the candidate confesses his or her faith in Christ