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Use complete sentences if needed.
Go to the following website:
http://www.ducksters.com/history/renaissance.php
Part 1: Reformation
Under Overview, click on Reformation
1. What new type of Christianity was created during the Renaissance/Reformation?
2. On what date did Martin Luther nail his 95 points on the door of a Catholic Church?
3. What is an indulgence?
4.
What did the Catholic Church decide to do to Martin Luther?
5. What new churches were formed during the Reformation?
6. Why did King Henry VIII create the Church of England?
7. What war broke out in Europe related to the Reformation? What percent of the German
population died during the war?
Go to the following website:
http://www.ducksters.com/history/renaissance.php
Part 2: Astronomy
Under Culture, click on Astronomy
8. What is astronomy?
9. What theory did Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus propose during the Renaissance?
10. List several discoveries Galileo made with his telescope:
11. Why did the Catholic Church arrest Galileo?
12. How did Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler improve our understanding of astronomy?
13. What grade would you give the Renaissance time period for its artistic and scientific
achievements?
A
B
C
D
F
14. Please explain the reason behind your grade in question 57: