Renaissance and Reformation Unit Test

What was the Reformation?

• When protestant churches and ideas formed, breaking away from the Catholic Church

• A time when people studied humanism and art

• A time when scientists began to use the scientific method and great discoveries were made

• A time when more and more people began to read and write

What led to the Reformation?

• More people reading

• The invention of the printing press

• More people able to read the Bible

• All of the above

What practice allowed people to gain forgiveness by giving the Catholic Church money?

• Golden forgiveness

• Paying indulgences

• Fee for sinners

• Bribing

What monk began to question the teachings of the Catholic Church in 1517?

• Thomas Aquinas

• St. Benedict

• Martin Luther

• Richard of Wallingford

What did Martin Luther do with his 95 Theses when he was done with it?

• Discussed it with his fellow monks

• Hid it as he knew it was dangerous

• Nailed it to the door of a church

• Burnt it

What did the Catholic Church do to Martin Luther for publishing his 95 Theses?

• Had him killed

• Forgave him

• Read his complaints and tried to address them

• Kicked him out of the church for being a heretic

What was the worst punishment for being named a heretic by the Catholic Church?

• Prison

• Not allowed in church

• Exiled from the country

• Put to death

What was the printing press?

• A machine that made trade easier

• A machine that printed books

• A machine for war

• A machine that made tools

Who invented the printing press?

• Martin Luther

• The Pope

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Charlemagne

How did the printing press effect bibles?

• It made it possible for ordinary people to own their own copies

• It made Bibles less important since people had other things to read

• It made it possible for only rich people to have bibles

• It ended the importance of the Bibles