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The Protestant Reformation and Counter Reformation

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the counter reformation?

a)

The Islamic push for equality in Europe

b)

The church's reaction to the Protestant reformation

c)

the reorganization of the social structure of Europe

d)

The Catholic church joining back together with Eastern Orthodox church

2.

What important event allowed church officials to plan their attack on anti-catholics?

a)

The Council of Nicea

b)

The Council of Trent

c)

The Council of Venice

d)

The Yalta Conference

3.

What were the two main goals of the Counter Reformation?

4 lines
4.

How did Ignatius Loyola and the society of Jesuits prevent people from converting to Protestantism?

a)

They burned people alive

b)

They stopped people from reading books

c)

They built schools that were controlled by Catholics

5.

How did the Roman Inquisition prevent people from converting to Protestantism?

a)

They burned people alive

b)

They stopped people from reading books

c)

They built schools controlled by Catholics

6.

How did the Index of Forbidden Books stop people from converting to Protestantism?

a)

It was a list of consequences for converting

b)

It showed people how evil Catholics were

c)

It stopped people from reading Protestant books

7.

What is a martyr?

a)

Someone who dies for a cause

b)

Someone who is a religious leader

c)

A political leader

d)

Someone who goes against the church

8.

What does persecution mean?

a)

to make someone a knight

b)

To treat poorly, maybe even torture and kill

c)

to allow religious freedom

d)

to surrender in battle

9.

When did Christianity become the official religion of the Roman Empire?

a)

562 BC

b)

50 BC

c)

30 AD

d)

380 AD

10.

What important event happened in 1054AD?

a)

The Crusades started

b)

Buddhism was outlawed in Europe

c)

The Great Schism (Split of the Christian Church)

d)

Jesus was crucified

11.

John Wycliff, Jan Hus, Martin Luther, and John Calvin were all labeled what by the Catholic Church?

a)

Martyrs

b)

Heretics

c)

Popes

d)

Leaders

12.

Which of these was NOT an abuse of the church that led to the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Charges fees for marriages

b)

Charged fees for Baptisms

c)

Sold indulgences

d)

Offered Communion

13.

What characteristic of the Renaissance was a contributing factor to the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Greek and Roman influence

b)

Emphasis on the individual

c)

Humanism

d)

Celebration of secular achievements

14.

What power does the church have that removes a person from participating in religious ceremonies and condemns a persons soul to hell?

a)

Excommunication

b)

Exoneration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Anointment

15.

What did Martin Luther write as a response to the Catholic Church selling indulgences?

a)

98 Letters

b)

a religious dissertation

c)

95 theses

d)

a papal doctrine

16.

What important invention helped Martin Luther spread his disapproval of the Catholic Church?

a)

The astrolabe

b)

The halibut

c)

The stirrup

d)

The Printing Press

17.

What is a sect?

a)

A division in the church

b)

A plot of land

c)

A Roman leader

d)

A form of Catholic Prayer