Chapter 16 Vocab Flashcards
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian who inaugurated the Protestant reformation movement in Europe
Kaozheng
“Research based on evidence”
Karl Marx
German philosopher whose view of human history as a class struggle formed the basis of socialism
Mirabai
One of India’s Bhakti poets
Guru Nanak
The founder of Sikhism
Isaac Newton
English natural scientist - formulation of laws of motion and mechanics
Ninety-five theses
List of 95 debating points about the abuses of the church
Protestant reformation
Massive schism within Christianity that had its formal beginning with the German priest Martin Luther
Matteo Ricci
The most famous Jesuit missionary in China in the early modern period
Scientific revolution
Great European intellectual and cultural transformation that was based on the principles of the scientific method
Sikhism
Religious tradition of northern India founded by guru Nanak
Combines Hinduism and Islam
Society of Jesus
Also called “Jesuits”
Founded to encourage the renewal of Catholicism
Galileo Galilei
Italian astronomer who developed the ideas of Copernicus
Huacas
Local gods of the Andes
Huguenots
The Protestant minority of France