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WorksheetsThe Reformation
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is one reason why King Henry VIII started the Church of England?
He was reluctant to interpret the Bible on his own.
He believed that divorce should be forbidden.
He disagreed with Catholic ideas about salvation.
He did not want to share power with Catholic leaders.
Which groups were most likely to be arrested by the Spanish Inquisition?
Jews and Protestants
Germans and Italians
painters and musicians
smugglers and burglars
What events in France in the late 1500s left more than a million dead?
civil wars between Catholics and Protestants
trials of heretics by courts run by the churches
outbreaks of the plague carried by religious refugees
persecutions of Catholics by kings who opposed the popes
What was one result of the Peace of Westphalia?
European colonies in the Americas were Catholic.
European countries stopped having official religions.
Catholics and Protestants agreed about predestination.
Boundaries were determined for Catholic and Protestant lands.
How did the Reformation strengthen the power of monarchy?
Churches started to elect their own leaders.
Rulers became more independent of the pope.
Federal lords gained strength during long civil wars.
Popes regained authority after the Counter-Reformation.
How did the Reformation encourage ideas of democracy?
Church leaders were appointed by the monarch.
National rulers claimed to be appointed by God.
Some local religious groups elected their own leaders.
The Council of Trent let people choose their religion.
The practice of selling indulgences troubled many Catholics because the practice made it seem like
the Church was in economic trouble.
the government had lost its authority.
anyone could buy a leadership position.
people could buy forgiveness for sins.
Which claim by the Catholic Church was a problem for monarchs?
Kings should stop fighting wars.
The queen should pray every day.
Priests did not have to obey the king.
Actors should not perform on Sundays.
What did John Wycliffe and several other reformers believe was the source of religious authority?
the Bible
the Church
the individual
the natural world
Jan Hus wanted worship to be in the language of the people. What teaching of the Catholic Church did this oppose?
The mass should be in Latin.
All languages are equally good.
Silent worship is more respectful.
The monarch can choose the language.
What did the first Protestants protest against?
the humanist philosophy
decrees by King Henry VIII
the reformation of government
corruption in the Catholic Church
How did Martin Luther believe that people could gain salvation?
by having faith
by living a good life
by keeping the sacraments
by giving money to the Church
What famous document did Martin Luther nail to a church door?
a challenge for a Church official to debate him
a list of arguments against abuses by the Church
an order for the peasants to go back to their fields
a statement that he was going to start his own church
How did the printing press contribute to the Reformation?
It led cities to establish new universities.
It spread new ideas and translations of the Bible.
It created jobs for monks who left the monastery.
It meant that scholars no longer felt a need to travel.
What was one goal of the Council of Trent?
to correct abuses in the Catholic Church
to translate the mass into local languages
to reach agreements with Protestant leaders
to put an end to punishing people for heresy
