WorksheetsProtestant Reformation
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 29mins
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1.
What were some complaints about the Catholic Church?
a)
kings had too much power and peasants were not faithful enough
b)
much of the clergy was not well trained and church officials were too involved in feudalism
c)
the Church was too poor and too involved in the lives of Europeans
d)
all of the above
2.
Martin Luther's main complaint was against what?
a)
Inquisitions
b)
Indulgences
c)
The Bible
d)
nepotism
3.
Fill in the blank. Luther believed that ________________ was how people would end up in heaven.
a)
faith
b)
indulgences
c)
good deeds
d)
going to church
4.
Which reformer taught this idea? Predestination - that God already knows who is going to heaven
a)
Pope Paul III
b)
John Calvin
c)
Martin Luther
d)
King Henry VIII
5.
What historical invention allowed Reformers like Martin Luther to reach a large audience and challenge the Church?
a)
train
b)
plane
c)
internet
d)
printing press
6.
Which of the following did NOT happen at the Council of Trent?
a)
It stopped the selling of indulgences.
b)
It approved Lutheran ideas.
c)
It created a list of forbidden books.
d)
It created missionaries like the Jesuits to educate.
7.
What event is considered the beginning of the Protestant Reformation?
a)
William Tyndale translating the Bible into English.
b)
John Calvin becoming the religious leader of Geneva.
c)
Martin Luther posting the 95 Theses
d)
Henry VIII creating the Church of England.
8.
Why were people who sided with Luther and the other reformers called Protestants?
a)
They protested against Luther.
b)
German princes protested attacks by King Charles V on Lutherans
c)
They accepted all Catholic teachings.
d)
They all wrote the Bible into German.
9.
How did Martin Luther say people could get to heaven?
a)
by buying indulgences
b)
by giving money to the church
c)
by doing charity work
d)
by believing in God and following the Bible
10.
What was John Calvin's main teaching?
a)
predestination
b)
sola fida
c)
e pluribus unum
d)
indulgences
11.
Why was the Church of England created?
a)
so Henry VIII could stop the sale of indulgences
b)
so Luther could have his own church
c)
so the pope could get a divorce
d)
so Henry VIII could remarry to get a son
12.
Which of the following was NOT a decision made at the Council of Trent?
a)
they would continue to sell indulgences
b)
they rejected the ideas of the Protestants
c)
they would have better trained clergy
d)
bishops had to live in the areas they oversaw
13.
Which of the following is NOT a complaint reformers had about the Catholic Church?
a)
priests were not religious anymore
b)
the sale of indulgences
c)
the pope was too involved in politics
d)
the church was too poor
14.
Which of the following countries remained Catholic after the Protestant Reformation?
a)
Norway
b)
Spain
c)
Scotland
d)
Sweden
15.
The word ______________ means to change and oppose the Catholic Church.
a)
convert
b)
inquisition
c)
reformation
d)
renaissance
16.
The Inquisition was a Catholic court for religious law that
a)
made Lutherans confess and convert to Lutheranism.
b)
started schools to teach Protestant ideas
c)
tried to end the Reniassance
d)
used trials and torture to punish heretics
17.
Martin Luther believed that only
a)
priests could forgive sins.
b)
rich people could buy their way to heaven.
c)
God could forgive sins.
d)
the Catholic Church was the way to heaven
18.
What were the 95 Theses?
a)
95 criticisms Martin Luther had with the Lutheran church.
b)
95 criticisms Martin Luther had with the Catholic church.
c)
King henry VIII's demands of the Catholic Church
d)
none of the others
19.
What is an indulgence?
a)
You are kicked out of the church for life and won't go to heaven.
b)
You are put on trial, tortured, and given a choice to convert or die.
c)
You can pay money to have your sins forgiven: ticket to heaven.
d)
You are brought up on criminal charges: accusing you of going against approved teachings/beliefs.
20.
Who were the Jesuits and what did they do?
a)
Traders who traveld the Silk Road.
b)
Soldiers who fought in the Holy Land.
c)
Christian missionaries who tried to convert Protestants and foreigners to the Catholic Church.
d)
Explorers who found the New World.
21.
Why did the Pope Paul III call church leaders from all over Europe to attend the Council of Trent?
a)
To admit that sciences new ideas were correct.
b)
To select a new Pope to lead the church.
c)
To prepare for a war with the Protestants.
d)
To change some church practices and launch a counter-reformation of the Catholic Church.
22.
-decided to stop selling indulgences
-created seminaries (schools) for training priests
-started the Jesuits to help spread Christianity
What do the bullets above represent?
-created seminaries (schools) for training priests
-started the Jesuits to help spread Christianity
What do the bullets above represent?
a)
Reforms the Catholic Church made for their counter-reformation.
b)
Reasons Martin Luther gave for leaving the Catholic Church.
c)
Things Henry VIII started when he made his own church.
d)
The teachings of John Calvin.
23.
What main region of Europe broke from the Catholic Church and became Protestant?
a)
Northern Europe
b)
Eastern Europe
c)
Southern Europe
d)
Western Europe
24.
What main region of Europe stayed loyal to the Catholic Church and the Pope?
a)
Northern Europe
b)
Eastern Europe
c)
Southern Europe
d)
Western Europe
25.
What new religious order was started by the pope to fight Protestant ideas?
a)
Bemebdictines
b)
Jesuits
c)
Lutherans
d)
Franciscans
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