APWH P2 Review: Europe

From 1400 to 1750, Eurasian rulers sponsored the arts primarily for which of the following reasons?

• To display power and legitimize their rule

• To spend excess money collected in taxes

• To encourage tourism and pilgrimages

• To increase employment opportunities for struggling artists

______________was excommunicated after he criticized the Roman Catholic Churches sale of Indulgences. He nailed his 95 thesis or criticisms to Wittenberg Cathedral.

• Thomas Aquinas
• Henry VIII
• John Calvin
• Martin Luther

_____________was when kings felt they had a religious blessing to rule and were actually higher and more powerful people in society because of the Lord's blessing.

• divine authority
• sacred entitlement
• divine right
• holy privilege

______________was the council that excommunicated Martin Luther so he could never be a part of the Catholic Church and he could never go to heaven.

• Council of Florence
• Council of Chalcedon
• Council of Trent
• Council of Nicaea

Soon in Switzerland there was a person named ______________who created the religion of Calvinism that believed that some people were destined to go to heaven. This was a huge difference with the Catholic Church.

• Henry VIII
• John Wesley
• John Calvin
• Martin Luther

In France ______________was a king that also believed in the Divine Right of Kings.

• Louis XIV
• Marie Antoinette
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Louis XVI

The _____________Reformation was a response from the Catholic Church to Luther's criticisms and the Catholic Church stopped the sale of Indulgences or forgiveness for your sins when you paid a sum of money.

• Reaction
• Opposite
• Retaliation
• Counter

Which of the following was an outcome for peasants in Europe after the Black Death c. 1340?

• More land was available and wages increased.

• Wages plummeted as demand decreased.

• Social unrest decreased.

• About 10% of the peasant population died.

The concept of Divine Right of Kings is most closely associated with which of these European monarchs?

• King Henry VIII

• King Charles II

• King Charles V

• King Louis XIV

Which of the following best helped Martin Luther's ideas reach other parts of Europe? 

• The Bible
• The printing press
• Church Hierarchy
• The Diet of Worms