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WorksheetsThe Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the Reformation?
answer choices
series of events to reform the Catholic Church
series of events to reform Europe
The reforming of Protestantism
The reforming of Buddhism
Martin Luther thought people could reach heaven through _____ alone.
answer choices
deeds
words
scripture
faith
English King Henry VIII broke away from the Church because the Pope would not grant him:
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a promotion
an annulment
a better kingdom
a tax break
The first book printed on the new printing press?
answer choices
the Bible
the phone book
the dictionary
the Target Christmas Catalog
The Council of ______ took 18 years to complete, but resulted in good reforms.
answer choices
Constantinople
Nicea
Trent
Rome
The Church of England is also known as the _____ Church.
answer choices
Presbyterian
Eastern Rite Catholic
Anglican
Saxon
Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?
Clergy members bought them to get higher offices
Selling pardons or forgiveness for sins.
It allowed people to practice any religion.
Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children
Who declared himself the head of the English Church?
Martin Luther
John Knox
Henry VIII
Emperor Charles V
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Reformation?
the buying and selling of indulgences
members of the clergy were very well educated
the church was busy with secular affairs such as building big churches
the Pope was living a lavish lifestyle
A Protestant is a person who did what?
Moved from Rome to Constantinople
Stopped paying taxes to merchants
Protested the actions of the Catholic Church
Wanted to support the Catholic Church and its mission
All of the following were reasons Lutheranism spread EXCEPT
Peasants supported Luther’s ideas
Northern German princes supported Martin Luther
The Pope thought Luther had great ideas
Word of Martin Luther spread due to the printing press
Which of the following scientists is credited with the development of the Scientific Method?
Galileo Galilei
Francis Bacon
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
Which of the following scientists is credited with the invention of the telescope?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Francis Bacon
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Who was the first scientist to write about the idea of a sun-centered solar system?
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
Francis Bacon
Galileo Galilei
Which Protestant Denomination was centered in Switzerland?
Calvinism
The Anglican Church
Presbyterianism
Lutheranism
The idea that God had long ago determined who would gain salvation is called:
annulment
predestination
inductive reasoning
rationalism
The process of looking at specific facts and making general principles or rules based on those facts is called:
rationalism
inductive reasoning
empiricism
theocracy
A religious movement that began in the 1500s to reform the Catholic Church is called the:
rationalism
Reformation
annulment
indulgences
The belief that knowledge is gained by thinking things through using reason is called:
Reformation
theocracy
rationalism
empiricism
The theory that places the sun at the center of the universe
geocentric theory
scientific method
heliocentric theory
inductive reasoning
