| A | B |
| Martin Luther | German Monk who in 1517 nailed 95 These to the door of the Wittenberg Church |
| Reformation | Moevement in the 1500's to reform the church; started protestantism |
| Protestants | portested abuses of the church |
| Indulgence | a pardon for sins that could be bought from a church official |
| heresy | a statement that goes against established church doctrine |
| excommunication | a punishment whereby someone is cut off from the ceremonies of the church |
| John Calvin | founded a sect of protestantism in Switzerland that preached pre-destination |
| Pre-destination | the idea that everyone is predestined to heaven or hell before they are borh |
| Calvinism | basis of English puritanism |
| Copernicus | introduce idea that earth went around the sun |
| Galileo | saw moons of Jupiter; observed that they revolved around Jupiter ot the earth |
| Gutenburg | invented printing press |
| Renaissance | rebirth of new ideas started in Italy |
| Humanism | belief in scientific questioning of ideas rather than faith |
| Utopia | book about a perfect soicety based upon reason |
| Henry VIII | King of England who broke with the Catholic Church |
| Katherine of Aragon | First wife of Henry VIII; Divorce led to establishment of Church of England |
| Ann Boleyn | Second wife of Nery VIII: killed by Henry |
| Mary I | Ruled after Henry VIII: Catholic Queen |
| Elizabeth I | Protestand Queen: ruled for nearly 50 years; never married |
| Spanish Armada | naval fleet sent to destroy England |
| Phillip II | Spanish King: married Mary: launched the Armada |
| Charles V | ruled Holy Roman Empire was father to Katherine of Aragon |