Religious Movements and Reformations

What role can belief systems play in the context of empires?

• They always lead to the collapse of empires.

• They primarily serve to unify empires.

• They can either unite or divide empires.

• They have no significant impact on imperial stability.

Which religion was the dominant belief system in Europe since the 4th century, acting as a shared cultural glue?

• Islam

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

What was the name of the significant split in Christianity that occurred in the 11th century, dividing it into two main branches?

• The Protestant Reformation

• The Great Schism

• The Council of Trent

• The Crusades

What practice did the Catholic Church engage in to fund large building projects like St. Peter's Basilica, which involved selling slips of paper promising forgiveness of sins?

• Simony

• Nepotism

• Indulgences

• Tithing

What was the practice of selling high church positions called, which contributed to the waning confidence in the Catholic Church?

• Indulgences

• Nepotism

• Absenteeism

• Simony

What was the name of the document Martin Luther wrote to denounce corrupt practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, which he famously nailed to a church door?

• The Edict of Worms

• The Augsburg Confession

• The 95 Theses

• The Institutes of the Christian Religion

What technological innovation allowed Martin Luther's criticisms of the Catholic Church to spread rapidly throughout Europe, leading to the Protestant Reformation?

• The telegraph

• The printing press

• The postal service

• The internet

What was the Catholic Church's internal reform movement called, initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation?

• The Great Awakening

• The Renaissance

• The Counter-Reformation

• The Enlightenment

Which of the following corrupt practices was addressed and largely eliminated by the Catholic Church at the Council of Trent?

• Salvation by faith alone

• Nepotism and absenteeism

• The authority of individual interpretation of the Bible

• The permanent split with Protestants

The religious division in Europe, intensified by political rivalries, led to a series of religious wars that lasted until what year?

• 1517

• 1648

• 1750

• 1815