WorksheetsThe Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
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1.
The Christian Humanist and religious reformer who stressed the need to understand the original meaning of the scriptures was
a)
John Calvin.
b)
Desiderius Erasmus.
c)
Thomas More.
d)
Savonarola.
2.
Luther had to appear before Charles V at the ________________.
a)
Diet of Worms.
b)
Wittenberg Church
c)
Peace of Westphalia
d)
Roman Inquisition
3.
What is excommunication?
a)
Being sent to hell for your sins
b)
The act of being forgiven for your sins
c)
Being kicked out of the Protestant Church
d)
Being kicked out of the Catholic Church
4.
At the _____________, the Catholic Church reaffirmed the basic views of the Church which the Protestants had challenged and agreed to take steps to end corruption within the Church.
a)
Inquisition
b)
Council of Trent.
c)
Diet of Worms.
d)
Peace of Augsburg.
5.
What was the Catholic Church's response to the Reformation called?
a)
Counter Reformation
b)
Reconquista
c)
Council of Trent
d)
Thirty Years' War
6.
Who was the Pope who approved of indulgences and excommunicated Martin Luther?
a)
Pope Gregory XIV
b)
Pope Leo X
c)
Pope Henry VIII
d)
Pope John Paul II
7.
Why did Henry VIII start his own Church in England?
a)
John Calvin refused to perform the marriage ceremony
b)
Martin Luther refused to recognize his marriage.
c)
The pope wouldn't let him marry two women at once
d)
The pope wouldn't annul his first marriage so that he could have a son
8.
Luther’s Protestantism was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
a)
the establishment of a new religious hierarchy paralleling that of the Catholic Church.
b)
an emphasis on reading the Bible.
c)
an emphasis on the individual’s relationship to God.
d)
the right of pastors to marry.
9.
The statement that officially sealed England’s break with the Roman Catholic Church and declared Henry VIII the head of the Church of England was called the
a)
Six Articles.+
b)
Act of Toleration.
c)
Act of Supremacy.
d)
Act of Succession.
10.
Which issue prompted Catholic Church officials to hire Nicholas Copernicus thereby instigating the Scientific Revolution?
a)
the calendar crisis of the 1500s.
b)
the conviction of Jean Calas.
c)
demands of the philosophes.
d)
the discovery of craters on the moon.
11.
The immediate reaction of Church leaders to the theories of Copernicus was
a)
apathy because they did not care about the issue.
b)
confused silence.
c)
broad approval motivated by their now higher educational achievements.
d)
condemnation, by both Catholic and Protestant leaders.
12.
The first European to make systematic observations of the heavens by telescope was
a)
Newton.
b)
Copernicus.
c)
Galileo.
d)
Kepler.
13.
In his work Pensees, Pascal
a)
attempted to convince readers that God was a reasonable bet.
b)
showed that science and religion were incompatible.
c)
popularized the scientific method.
d)
offered his thoughts on the heliocentric theory.
14.
What does the term heliocentric mean?
a)
the earth at the center of the universe.
b)
the sun at the center of the universe.
c)
the force of gravity.
d)
stars at the center of the universe.
15.
The general conception of the universe before Copernicus was that
a)
it could not be known unless God willed it.
b)
the earth rested on the shell of a giant turtle.
c)
it was orderly with heaven at the center and the earth circling around it.
d)
best described by the geocentric theory.
16.
Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued
a)
That heaven did not exist
b)
That Earth revolved around the sun
c)
Against the law of gravity
d)
That the sun revolved around the Earth
17.
To Martin Luther, the question of "How can I be saved" was answered through
a)
a strict devotion to monastic order, as with his own Augustinian order.
b)
the sacramental system.
c)
the doctrine of justification by faith or grace.
d)
doing good works for one's universal brotherhood.
18.
On the Fabric of the Human Body
a)
contained William Harvey's theories on blood circulation.
b)
was Andreas Vesalius' masterpiece on human anatomy.
c)
contained Paracelsus' theories on a macrocosm-microcosm universe.
d)
was Galen's masterpiece that said the liver pumped blood.
19.
Who explained the law of universal gravitation in his work Principia?
a)
Isaac Newton.
b)
Galileo
c)
Copernicus
d)
John Locke
20.
Whose theory of systematic doubt may be summed up with the following quote, “I think, therefore I am”?
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
Rene Descartes
c)
Johannes Kepler
d)
Francis Bacon
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