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Leonardo da Vinci
Who painted "The Last Supper"?
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Isaac Newton
Developed laws of gravity and motion.
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William Shakespeare
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
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Predestination
The idea that God has long ago determined who would gain salvation.
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The Globe Theatre
Where were William Shakespeare's plays performed?
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William Shakespeare
Which famous playwright wrote 37 plays including "Hamlet"?
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Who proposed a sun-centered model of the universe?
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Martin Luther
"Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise."
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Indulgences
Sold by the church to lessen the amount of time a soul would have to spend in purgatory.
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The Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo painted murals on the ceiling of...?
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Michelangelo
Who created marble masterpieces such as David and the Pieta?
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
First human to see cells and microorganisms.
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Rene Descartes
"I think, therefore I am."
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ghetto
Separate quarters of the city
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Geneva
John Calvin created a theocracy in which Swiss city-state?
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Thomas More
English humanist who described an ideal society in which men and women live in peace and harmony.
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Edward Jenner
Launched the scientific study of immunization when he discovered a vaccine against smallpox.
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Martin Luther
"Printing was God's highest act of grace."
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Renaissance
"rebirth"
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Flanders
The northern Renaissance began in the thriving trading region of...?
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Albrecht Durer
Which German painter was referred to as the "Leonardo of the North"?
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Joseph Murray
This doctor performed the first transplant in 1954.
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Galileo
"And yet it moves."
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Vernacular
Everyday language of ordinary people
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Wittenberg, Germany
Where was the church that Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses to?
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