Day 23: Protestant Reformation (New)

Multiple Choice

In October 2024, Jared Kennedy published a biography on the life of Martin Luther and how his 95 thesis would change the world and the religion of Christianity.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Video from Google Slides

Open Ended

Bell Ringer: List 3 things or rules you would change about school.

Multiple Choice

Which movement began in Florence, Italy, involved a renewed interest in Greek and Roman culture, and helped to challenge the Catholic Church?

• The Renaissance

• The Enlightenment

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Scientific Revolution

Multiple Choice

What document did Martin Luther nail to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, outlining his issues with the Catholic Church?

• 95 Theses

• Edict of Worms

• Diet of Augsburg

• Peace of Westphalia

Multiple Choice

Martin Luther was critical of which of the following practices of the Catholic Church?

• Selling church positions

• Selling indulgences

• Luxurious life of the popes

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which invention by Johannes Gutenberg played a significant role in the rapid spread of Protestant thinking across Europe?

• The printing press

• The steam engine

• The telescope

• The compass

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Multiple Choice

Who or what would not allow King Henry VIII of England to get a divorce?

• The English Parliament
• Queen Catherine
• The Church of England
• The Catholic Church/Pope

Multiple Choice

Because King Henry VIII was not allowed to get a divorce through the Catholic Church from his first wife, what solution did he come up with?

• He married another woman secretly.
• He moved to France to escape his marriage.
• He created the Church of England to annul his marriage.
• He sought permission from the Pope to divorce.

Multiple Choice

One of the goals of the Counter-Reformation led by Catholics was to...?

• win back followers to the church

• eliminate all religious practices
• increase church taxes
• promote Protestant beliefs

Multiple Choice

Why do you think the Protestant Reformation was a significant event in world history?

• It led to the creation of new branches of Christianity and changed religious practices.

• It was a minor event with little impact on society.

• It only affected a small group of people in Europe.

• It was mainly about political power and not religion.

Multiple Choice

EXIT TICKET: Martin Luther’s posting of his Ninety-five Theses in 1517 led to —

• a decline in the expansion of overseas colonies

• the beginning of the Crusades in the Middle East

• a decline in the authority of the Catholic Church

• the emergence of absolute monarchies

Open Ended

Bell Ringer: List 3 things or rules you would change about school.

Multiple Choice

Which movement began in Florence, Italy, involved a renewed interest in Greek and Roman culture, and helped to challenge the Catholic Church?

• The Renaissance

• The Enlightenment

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Scientific Revolution

Multiple Choice

What document did Martin Luther nail to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, outlining his issues with the Catholic Church?

• 95 Theses

• Edict of Worms

• Diet of Augsburg

• Peace of Westphalia

Multiple Choice

Martin Luther was critical of which of the following practices of the Catholic Church?

• Selling church positions

• Selling indulgences

• Luxurious life of the popes

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which invention by Johannes Gutenberg played a significant role in the rapid spread of Protestant thinking across Europe?

• The printing press

• The steam engine

• The telescope

• The compass

Video from Google Slides

Multiple Choice

Who or what would not allow King Henry VIII of England to get a divorce?

• The English Parliament
• Queen Catherine
• The Church of England
• The Catholic Church/Pope

Multiple Choice

Because King Henry VIII was not allowed to get a divorce through the Catholic Church from his first wife, what solution did he come up with?

• He married another woman secretly.
• He moved to France to escape his marriage.
• He created the Church of England to annul his marriage.
• He sought permission from the Pope to divorce.

Multiple Choice

One of the goals of the Counter-Reformation led by Catholics was to...?

• win back followers to the church

• eliminate all religious practices
• increase church taxes
• promote Protestant beliefs

Multiple Choice

Why do you think the Protestant Reformation was a significant event in world history?

• It led to the creation of new branches of Christianity and changed religious practices.

• It was a minor event with little impact on society.

• It only affected a small group of people in Europe.

• It was mainly about political power and not religion.

Multiple Choice

EXIT TICKET: Martin Luther’s posting of his Ninety-five Theses in 1517 led to —

• a decline in the expansion of overseas colonies

• the beginning of the Crusades in the Middle East

• a decline in the authority of the Catholic Church

• the emergence of absolute monarchies

Multiple Choice

Who or what would not allow King Henry VIII of England to get a divorce?

• The English Parliament
• Queen Catherine
• The Church of England
• The Catholic Church/Pope

Multiple Choice

Because King Henry VIII was not allowed to get a divorce through the Catholic Church from his first wife, what solution did he come up with?

• He married another woman secretly.
• He moved to France to escape his marriage.
• He created the Church of England to annul his marriage.
• He sought permission from the Pope to divorce.

Multiple Choice

One of the goals of the Counter-Reformation led by Catholics was to...?

• win back followers to the church

• eliminate all religious practices
• increase church taxes
• promote Protestant beliefs

Multiple Choice

Why do you think the Protestant Reformation was a significant event in world history?

• It led to the creation of new branches of Christianity and changed religious practices.

• It was a minor event with little impact on society.

• It only affected a small group of people in Europe.

• It was mainly about political power and not religion.

Multiple Choice

EXIT TICKET: Martin Luther’s posting of his Ninety-five Theses in 1517 led to —

• a decline in the expansion of overseas colonies

• the beginning of the Crusades in the Middle East

• a decline in the authority of the Catholic Church

• the emergence of absolute monarchies