Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz World History

This man's views contradicted the church.

Pardoning for sins committed during a person's lifetime in the Roman Catholic Church.

German inventor who invented the printing press

Broke away from the Catholic Church because he wanted a divorce and the church refused.

Government run by religious leaders.

Everyday language of ordinary people.

Proposed the heliocentric (sun-centered) theory.

Economic cycle that involves a rapid rise in prices due to a low amount of goods available.

Calvinist belief that God long ago determined who would gain salvation.

Outbreak of a rapidly spreading disease.

German monk who wrote 95 thesis and objected to the Catholic Church.

Recognize a person as a saint.

Belief that the sun is the center of the universe.

Permanent division in a church

Careful, step by step process used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis.

Discovered the law of gravity.