Life in the Middle Ages part 2

Question 1

Anglican

Answer 1

of or relating to the Church of England.

Question 2

95 Theses

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The Ninety-five Theses or Disputation on the Power of Indulgences are a list of propositions for an academic disputation written by Martin Luther in 1517.

Question 3

Counter Reformation

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the movement within the Roman Catholic Church that followed the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century.

Question 4

Zwingli an

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Huldrych Zwingli or Ulrich Zwingli was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended .

Question 5

Ignatius of Loyola

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Saint Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish priest and theologian, who founded the religious order called the Society of Jesus and became its first Superior General.

Question 6

Council of Trent

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The Council of Trent (Latin: Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trento (Trent) and Bologna, northern Italy, was one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most important ecumenical councils. Prompted by the Protestant Reformation, it has been described as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation.

Question 7

Jesuits

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a member of a Roman Catholic religious order (Society of Jesus) founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534

Question 8

City-State

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a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies.

Question 9

Scientific Revolution

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The scientific revolution was the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.

Question 10

Heliocentric theory

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Heliocentric theory is a model of the solar system that posits a central place for the Sun, with the planets orbiting it. It is most closely associated with the 16th-century work of Copernicus and the 17th-century work of Galileo, and the theory was widely adopted after Copernicus’ death.

Question 11

Roger Bacon

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Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.

Question 12

Copernicus

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Nicolaus [nik-uh-ley-uh s] (Show IPA), (Mikolaj Kopernik) 1473–1543, Polish astronomer who promulgated the now accepted theory that the earth and the other planets move around the sun (the Copernican System)

Question 13

Kepler

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Johann [yoh-hahn] (Show IPA), 1571–1630, German astronomer.

Question 14

Galileo

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(Galileo Galilei) 1564–1642, Italian physicist and astronomer.

Question 15

Scientific theory

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a coherent group of propositions formulated to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world and repeatedly confirmed through experiment or observation

Question 16

Newton

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the standard unit of force in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one meter per second per second on a mass of one kilogram.

Question 17

Vesalius

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Andreas [ahn-dre-ahs] (Show IPA), 1514–64, Flemish anatomist.

Question 18

Descartes

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René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] (Show IPA), 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician.

Question 19

Robert Boyle

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Kay, 1903–1993, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet.