Ch.12-13

1. The idea that God decides who is or isn’t saved before people are born
3. The sharing of power between local governments & a strong central government
6. In Catholicism, a place where souls go before they can reach Heaven
8. French Protestants
10. A scientific instrument that measures air pressure
12. A step-by-step method for performing experiments & other scientific research
14. Members of a religious order meant to serve the pope & Church in response to Protestantism
15. Christians who sided with Luther & protested against the Church
16. A relaxation of penalties for sins people had committed

2. Explanations scientists develop based on observed facts
4. People who looked at the world in a rational way
5. A forerunner of chemistry
7. A church assembly
9. The idea that belief is all that is needed to achieve salvation
11. A particular way of gaining knowledge through observation, making theories, & experimenting
13. A solution proposed to solve the problem