The Reformation Study Guide

What is the name of the document that Martin Luther posted on October 31, 1517, sparking the Protestant Reformation?

• The Corruption of the Catholic Church

• Meditations

• The Quran

• The 95 Theses

What is the name of the movement that sought to correct abuses and win people back to Catholicism?

• The Cambrian Explosion

• The Protestant Reformation

• The Jesuit Revolution

• The Counter-Reformation

Who founded Anglicanism (The Church of England)?

• Martin Luther

• John Wycliffe

• Henry VIII

• Elizabeth I

True or False: The Reformation sparked religious warfare and persecution, as well as a "Counter-Reformation" in the Catholic Church.

• True

• False

Calvinists argued for a theocracy in Geneva. What is a theocracy?

• a government run by religious authorities

• a system where decisions are made through voting

• a club for young adults, like the Boy Scouts

• a system that rewards people for their skill and talent

Martin Luther argued that Christians were saved by...

• memorization of key Bible verses

• Sacraments

• works (achievements, good behavior, etc.)

• faith

Which of these is NOT a cause of the Reformation?

• Martin Luther and the 95 Theses

• the failure of the Crusades

• corruption in the Catholic Church

• The Western Schism

While the Reformation began in Wittenberg, Germany, it spread quickly. What invention helped it spread so fast?

• social media

• the airplane

• the printing press

• the telegraph

Catherine of Siena, John Wycliffe, Jan Hus, and Desiderius Erasmus were all early what?

• Protestants

• reformers

• fashionistas

• iconoclasts

True or False: When Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses, he wanted to create his own church.

• True

• False