Reformation Test Review

The Reformation Period started about?

• 1519

• 1517

• 1600

• 1515

Describe at least three factors that led to the weakening of the Catholic Church and the beginning of the Reformation.

The practice of selling indulgences troubled many Catholics because the pracce made it seem like

• the Church was in economic trouble.

• the government had lst its suthoirty.

• anyone could buy a leadership position.

• people could buy forgiveness for sins.

Martin Luther translated the Holy Bible to which language?

• English
• German
• French
• Spanish

_____________ are Christians that do NOT belong to the Roman Catholic Church. 

• Muslims
• Jesuits
• Protestants
• Hinduists

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

• persecution of Catholics by kings who opposed the popes

The 95 Theses were written by

• John Calvin
• John Knox
• Martin Luther
• Elvis Pressley

When Martin Luther said “my conscience is captive to the Word of God,” he was referring to his belief in

•  the supremacy of the Bible over Church policies                       
•  maintaining the unity of the Church                                             
• imprisoning those who disagreed with Church teachings
• the need for more clergy in the Church

What ended the european wars of religion?

• Peace of Westphalia

• Council of Trent

• Reformation

• Elmo

The Reformation Period led to?

• War

• Protestant churches

• Catholic Churches

• Starvation