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8th Religion Chapter 13 & 14

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pope Alexander VI asked the explorers to the new world to do what?

a)

Bring back spices

b)

Teach everone to sing in Latin

c)

evangelize, or proclaim the Good News of Christ to people everywhere

d)

Come back safely

2.

Starting in 1492, which European countries launched exporations into the Carribean and Americas?

a)

India and Pakistan

b)

Spain and Portugal

c)

Norway and Greece

d)

South Africa and Afghanistan

3.

Who travelled with the explorers and preached to the native peoples?

a)

Kings and princes

b)

missionary priests

c)

Jewish rabbis

d)

Muslin imams

4.

Who brought the Catholic faith to the Philippines?

a)

German monks

b)

Spanish missionaries

c)

Lutherans

d)

Methodists

5.

Who travelled to India and Japan, teaching and baptizing people in the 15th century?

a)

St. Augustine of Hippo

b)

St. Francis Xavier, Jesuit priest

c)

St. James, the apostle

d)

St. Hildegard of Bingen

6.

European kings and queens who had complete power over all aspects of the lives of their people, even deciding on their subject's religion, are called...

a)

missionaries

b)

bishops

c)

theologians

d)

absolute monarchs

7.

Which document did French King Louis XIV have the French bishops sign that enabled the king to rule the Church in France? (1682)

a)

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

b)

Dogmatic Constitution of the Church

c)

the Gallican Articles

d)

The 96 Theses

8.

Where did the Spaniards found the first Catholic settlement in 1565 in North America?

a)

Baltimore, Maryland

b)

New Orleans

c)

Saint Augustine, Florida

d)

Virginia

9.

Who did Pope Pius VI choose to be the first ordained bishop in America, in 1790?

a)

John Carroll

b)

Antonio Montesino

c)

Sir Thomas More

d)

Pedro de San Jose' Betancur

10.

Who was the scientist who proved the theory that the earth revolves around the sun?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michaelangelo

c)

John Carroll

d)

Galileo Galilei

11.

The new age of science and reason that emerged in the 17th and 18h centuries is known as....

a)

The Rennaisance

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

The Counter-Reformation

d)

The French Revolution

12.

The idea that religious faith has no place in society, science or government is known as...

a)

atheism

b)

agnosticism

c)

secularization

d)

evangelization

13.

The Church eventuallly made it clear that the Bible is not a book of science, but a book of ... what?

a)

historical facts

b)

spiritual truths

c)

fairy tales

d)

metaphors and similies

14.

Who was the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas More

b)

George Washington

c)

James Taylor

d)

Charles Carroll

15.

In the 18th century the word "revolution" took on the meaning of....

a)

the return of a former situation

b)

The fall of Catholicism

c)

overthrowing a government and replacing it with a new one

d)

spreading the Gospel to native people

16.

What was happening to the Jesuits in the middle of the 18th century?

a)

They were expanding schools and missions

b)

They were being expelled from territories, their schools and missions closed

c)

They were gaining more power in Rome

d)

They were teaching children in schools

17.

What was the name of the revolutionary group that surpressed priests and monastic orders in France in the 18th century?

a)

The Jesuits

b)

The American Revolution

c)

The National Assembly

d)

The Enlightenment

18.

The 18th century massacres that happened in France that included tens of thousands being beheaded was period known as ... what?

a)

The Protestant Revolution

b)

The Reign of Terror

c)

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

d)

The National Assembly

19.

Rome is the capital of a section of central Italy governed by the pope. This area is known as....

a)

The Vatican City

b)

The Papal States

c)

The Concordat

d)

Society of Jesus

20.

Who was emperor of France from 1804-1814?

a)

King Louis XVI

b)

Pius VII

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Marie Antoinette

21.

What did Napoleon do when pope Pius VII would not agree to his demands?

a)

beheaded the pope

b)

asked Pius VII to step down from the papacy

c)

arrested the pope and imprisoned him

d)

Stopped being a Catholic and became a Lutheran

22.

What was one of Pope Pius VII first acts once he returned to Rome after the defeat of Napoleon?

a)

He excommunicated Napoleon

b)

He restored the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits who had been surpressed by Pope Clement XIV

c)

He called an Ecumencial Council

d)

He reisgned the papcy