Renaissance-Protestant and Reformation

By the ___, the Roman Catholic Church was

very wealthy and powerful.

• 1500s

• 1600s

• 1700s

• 1800s

The Roman Catholic Church owned approximately __ of all

the land in Europe.

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/4

• 1/5

The pope could even excommunicate an entire

country.

• True

• False

The Roman Catholic Church sold ___

(pardons for sins committed during a person’s

lifetime).

• money

• indulgences

• power

____was a Roman Catholic priest from England

in the 14th century who criticized the Church for

accumulating wealth and property.

• Martin Luther

• John Wycliffee

• Tom

• Jan Hus

____a Catholic priest from Prague

who denounced the sale of indulgences.

• Martin Luther

• Jan Hus

• Tom

• John Wycliffe

____ a Catholic priest from Prague

who denounced the sale of indulgences.

• Martin Luther

• Jan Hus

• John Wycliffe

• Tom

In 1522, Luther began to organize a new branch of Christianity that became

known as Lutheranism.

• True

• False

People supported the Protestant movement for different reasons:

-Some saw it as the answer to the corruption of the Roman

Catholic Church

-Many German princes saw it as a way to get rid of the rule of the

Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Emperor

-Others like England’s Henry VIII used it as an excuse to seize church

property and gain wealth

• True

• False

____ established the Scottish

Presbyterian Church.

• John Knox

• John Calvin

• Tom

• martin Luther