Chapter 14 VTP Flashcards

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Henry VIII

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An English king who was ruthless to his enemies and beheaded 2 of his wives. He established the Church of England

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Theocracy

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A government run by religious rulers

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Heliocentric

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Based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe

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Annul

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To cancel or invalidate

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Patron

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Financial supporter of the arts

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Scientific method

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A painstaking method used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis

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Leonardo da Vinci

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And Italian artist of the renaissance.

In addition to painting, he was an inventor and made sketches of nature, the human body, flying machines, etc.

He dissected corpses to make sketches of the human body

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Predestination

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Idea that God long-ago determined who will gain salvation

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Humanities

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Study of subjects taught in ancient Greece and Rome, such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history

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Isaac newton

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A scientist who Used math to discover the law of gravity

He argued that nature follows uniform laws, and all motion in the universe can be measured and described mathematically

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Martin Luther

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Wrote 95 theses, or arguments, against indulgences, stating that indulgences had no basis in the Bible

A monk who rejected many of the teachings of the Catholic Church, and was a key figure in the protestant reformation

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Indulgence

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In the Roman catholic church, pardon for sins committed during a persons life time

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