Module 14-17 Assessment

Person who financially supported artists

• patron
• humanism
• secular
• utopia

What was Martin Luther's primary criticism of the Catholic Church's practice of selling indulgences?

• Luther believed indulgences were a form of bribery that undermined the importance of true faith.
• Luther argued that indulgences were unnecessary because salvation could be achieved through good works alone.
• Luther felt that indulgences were too expensive and placed an unfair burden on the poor.
• Luther thought that indulgences were an ineffective way to achieve salvation.

What was one significant impact of the Little Ice Age on Europe?

• decreased birth rates
• increased agricultural yields
• population growth
• rise in religious harmony

What sparked the Thirty Years War?

• economic instability
• religious disputes
• climate change
• territorial epansion

What was the outcome of the Peace of Westphalia?

• increased power of the Catholic Church
• end of the Thirty Years War
• Establishment of a new empire
• permanent religious conflict

Who was known as the Sun King?

• Louis XIII
• Louis XIV
• Cardinal Mazarin
• Henry IV

What was the significance of Luther's translation of the New Testament into German?

• It made the Bible accessible to a wider audience, encouraging individual study and interpretation.
• It helped to unify the German people against the Catholic Church.
• It led to the development of a new German language.
• It inspired other reformers to translate the Bible into their own languages.

Period of rebirth of art and learning in Europe lasting from about 1300 to 1600

• Rebirth
• Reneaissance
• Renewal
• Reformation

German craftsman who developed the printing press

• William Shakespeare
• Leonardo daVinci
• Johann Gutenberg
• John Knox

Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.

• humanism
• secular
• perspective
• cynicism