Unit 6 Reformation Assessment

________ changed Europe when he invented the press with movable type.

• Martin Luther

• Johann Gutenburg

• Copernicus

• Catholic Church

This press aided in the distribution of texts written by _________.

• John Calvin

• Martin Luther

• Erasmus

• Johann Gutenberg

_________ is credited with sparking the Protestant Reformation.

• John Calvin

• Gutenberg

• Martin Luther

• Copernicus

Gutenberg’s invention of a printing press was important because it _______ (Select all that apply).

• A. translated books into English

• B. made books more readily available to people

• C. allowed monks to press books more slowly

• D. could print several hundred pages a day

• E. promoted the spread of new knowledge and ideas

List three adjectives that describe the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

• Wealthy
• Kind

• Powerful

• Influential

Who was Martin Luther?

• Martin Luther was a Catholic monk

• disagreed with some of the practices of the Catholic Church

• He wrote the Ninety-Five Theses, which helped spark the Reformation.

• He was a Catholic pope

The Ninety-Five Theses were ____________.

• A. Luther’s objections to the issuing of indulgences

• B. names of the people who led the Reformation movement

• C. books printed for the Catholic Church

• D. beliefs held by John Calvin

Explain the relationship between the Ninety-Five Theses and the Reformation.

• The Ninety-Five Theses ended the Reformation.

• The Ninety-Five Theses supported the Church practices,

• The Ninety-Five Theses helped spark the Reformation as they got people thinking about Church practices.

Martin Luther's role in the Reformation movement

• helped spark a new branch of Christianity called Calvinism, which focused on the ideas of predestination and self-discipline

• helped spark the Reformation

• tried to start a new political community of people who believed the same things they did

Anabaptists' role in the Reformation movement

• helped spark a new branch of Christianity called Calvinism, which focused on the ideas of predestination and self-discipline

• helped spark the Reformation

• tried to start a new political community of people who believed the same things they did