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The Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Reformation?

answer choices

a)

series of events to reform the Catholic Church

b)

series of events to reform Europe

c)

The reforming of Protestantism 

d)

The reforming of Buddhism

2.

 

Martin Luther thought people could reach heaven through _____ alone.

answer choices

a)

deeds

b)

words

c)

scripture

d)

faith

3.

English King Henry VIII broke away from the Church because the Pope would not grant him:

answer choices

a)

a promotion

b)

an annulment

c)

a better kingdom

d)

a tax break

4.

The first book printed on the new printing press?

answer choices

a)

the Bible

b)

the phone book

c)

the dictionary

d)

the Target Christmas Catalog

5.

The Council of ______ took 18 years to complete, but resulted in good reforms.

answer choices

a)

Constantinople

b)

Nicea

c)

Trent

d)

Rome

6.

The Church of England is also known as the _____ Church.

answer choices

a)

Presbyterian

b)

Eastern Rite Catholic

c)

Anglican

d)

Saxon

7.

Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?

a)

Clergy members bought them to get higher offices

b)

Selling pardons or forgiveness for sins.

c)

It allowed people to practice any religion.

d)

Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children

8.

Who declared himself the head of the English Church?

 

a)

Martin Luther

b)

John Knox

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Emperor Charles V

9.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Reformation?

a)

the buying and selling of indulgences

b)

members of the clergy were very well educated

c)

the church was busy with secular affairs such as building big churches

d)

the Pope was living a lavish lifestyle

10.

A Protestant is a person who did what?

a)

Moved from Rome to Constantinople

b)

Stopped paying taxes to merchants

c)

Protested the actions of the Catholic Church

d)

Wanted to support the Catholic Church and its mission

11.

All of the following were reasons Lutheranism spread EXCEPT

a)

Peasants supported Luther’s ideas

b)

Northern German princes supported Martin Luther

c)

The Pope thought Luther had great ideas

d)

Word of Martin Luther spread due to the printing press

12.

Which of the following scientists is credited with the development of the Scientific Method?

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Francis Bacon

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

13.

Which of the following scientists is credited with the invention of the telescope?

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Francis Bacon

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Galileo Galilei

14.

Who was the first scientist to write about the idea of a sun-centered solar system?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

Galileo Galilei

15.

Which Protestant Denomination was centered in Switzerland?

a)

Calvinism

b)

The Anglican Church

c)

Presbyterianism

d)

Lutheranism

16.

The idea that God had long ago determined who would gain salvation is called:

a)

annulment

b)

predestination

c)

inductive reasoning

d)

rationalism

17.

The process of looking at specific facts and making general principles or rules based on those facts is called:

a)

rationalism

b)

inductive reasoning

c)

empiricism

d)

theocracy

18.

A religious movement that began in the 1500s to reform the Catholic Church is called the:

a)

rationalism

b)

Reformation

c)

annulment

d)

indulgences

19.

The belief that knowledge is gained by thinking things through using reason is called:

a)

Reformation

b)

theocracy

c)

rationalism

d)

empiricism

20.

The theory that places the sun at the center of the universe

a)

geocentric theory

b)

scientific method

c)

heliocentric theory

d)

inductive reasoning