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5497438009Johann gutenbergA German blacksmith who introduced printing to Europe;created the 1st printing press0
5497438010SectA religious domination regarded as heretical or deviating from a generally accepted religious tradition1
5497438011ClergyThe group or body of ordained persons in a religion2
5497438012PredestinationThe decree of God by which certain souls are foreordained into salvation3
5497438013ExcommunicationTo be cut off from the church4
5497438014TheocracyGovernment run by church officials5
5497438015Heresy/hereticThe maintaining of a religious opinion6
5497438016IndulgenceThe act of buying a persons way to salvation7
5497438017PapacyThe office, dignity or jurisdiction of the pope, government in which the pope is the ruler8
5497438018MonasteryResidence in which monks reside9
5497438019AnnulmentTo make void or null, abolish, cancel, invalidate10
5497438020Literacy/illiteracyThe ability to read or write/the inability to read and write11
5497438021HumanismAny system or mode in which all thought or action is based off of human interests and ideas12
5497438022VernacularThe native language of a certain place13
5497438023HeliocentricThe idea that the planets in the solar system revolve around the sun14
5497438024Scientific methodA method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data is gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from this data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested.15
5497438025PatronA person who supports with money, gifts, efforts, or endorsements toward an artist, writer, museum, cause, charity, institution, special event, etc.16
5497438026Nicolaus CopernicusA polish scholar who published "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres." And proposed the idea of a heliocentric universe.17
5497438027FlorenceA city in Italy that influenced and inspired the renaissance18
5497438028WittenbergWhere Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church19
5497438029GenevaSwiss city state in which Calvinism was spread20
5497438030Council of TrentA meeting that the pope called that met off and on for 20 years. They reaffirmed the traditional catholic views.21
5497438031Galileo GalileiAn Italian scholar that observed that the 4 moons of Jupiter move slowly around the planet.22
5497438032Andreas vesaliusPublished "On The Structure of the Human Body." He used whatever means he could to increase his knowledge of anatomy23
5497438033Anton Van LeeuwenhoekPerfected the microscope and became the 1st human to see cells and microorganisms.24
5497438034Isaac newtonFormed a theory to explain why the planets moved the way they did, showed that a single force called gravity kept the planets in orbit. He partially developed calculus25
5497438035Robert BoyleRefined the alchemists view of chemicals as basic building blocks, explained matter as being composed of tiny particles that behave in knowable ways26
5497438036Rene DescartesWrote "Discourse on Method." Concluded that doubt was the only thing he could not question, and that in order to doubt, he had to exist as a rational thinking being27
5497438037William ShakespeareEnglish poet that wrote many plays and other pieces of literature.28
5497438038Martin lutherA German monk who triggered a full scaled revolt against the church with his 95 theses29

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