Across
- 2. an empire in India established by the warrior king Babur, a descendant of Ghengis Khan on his mother's side
- 4. people who believe God exists and that God has been revealed to humanity
- 7. a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries
- 10. a german preist that began the Protestant Reformation with the publication of his Ninety-Five Theses
- 12. a theory that places the Sun at the center of the Solar System
- 18. the final imperial dynasty in China, lasting from 1644 to 1912
- 19. people who believe that baptism is valid only when candidates freely confess their faith in Christ and request to be baptized
- 20. An empire developed by the Turks between the fourteenth and twentieth centuries
- 21. german austtomamer; is best known for his three laws of planetary motion. The first and most famous law states that planets orbit in ellipses, not in circles
- 23. Polish astronomer who put forth the theory that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe, and that the Earth, spinning on its axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun
Down
- 1. Florentine philosopher known primarily for his political ideas; created the prince
- 3. italian astromoner; the person first to report telescopic observations of the mountains on the moon, the moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and the rings of Saturn
- 4. a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s
- 5. French lawyer, theologian, and ecclesiastical statesman who lived in the 1500s. He was the most important figure in the second generation of the Protestant Reformation.; best known for his doctrine of predestination
- 6. a form of government in which a single person—usually a king or queen—holds absolute, autocratic power
- 8. a powerful office set up within the Catholic Church to root out and punish heresy throughout Europe and the Americas
- 9. expressions of Martin Luther's opinions about the practices and beliefs of the Catholic Church; that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds
- 11. a form of government where it is believed that a god, deity, or group of deities, or a deity is in charge
- 13. a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social condition
- 14. a Sudanese people living below Timbuktu in the bend of the Niger that are mostly Muslim
- 15. a period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom
- 16. a person chosen, named, or honored as a special guardian, protector, or supporter
- 17. an apostolic religious community called the Society of Jesus
- 22. a process with the help of which scientists try to investigate, verify, or construct an accurate and reliable version of any natural phenomena.