Quiz #2 - Renaissance and Protestant Reformation

How did the Renaissance change society?

• People began to focus on art

• People began to focus on topics other than religion

• People began to focus on Humanism

• All of the above

Before the Protestant Reformation, the medieval church in Western Europe was criticized for?

• sponsoring explorations to the Middle East

• allowing the Bible to be printed and distributed to the people

• being too concerned with worldly power and riches

• refusing to sell indulgences to peasants

What was one of the causes of the Protestant Reformation?

• revolt of the Moors in Spain

• approval of the Act of Supremacy in England

• convocation of the Council of Trent by Pope Paul III

• corruption among high officials of the Catholic Church

Who is Martin Luther?

• Powerful Pope who sold indulgences

• German monk who started the Protestant Reformation

• German man who created the printing press

• European man who started the Renaissance

"43. Christians should be taught that he who gives to the poor or lends to the needy does a better work than buying indulgences." Where is this quote from?

• 95 Theses

• Constitution

• 75 Problems

• 95 Indulgences

What happened after Martin Luther translated the Bible into German?

• Western Europe unified under the Catholic Church

• Everyone stopped believing in religion

• The church split into two: Protestant and Catholic

• The church split into two: Christian and Roman

The religious diversity in Western Europe is mainly the result of?

• World War II

• the French Revolution

• the Congress of Vienna

• the Protestant Reformation

Which situation is considered the cause of the other three?

• Religious unity declines throughout Europe

• The Catholic Counter-Reformation begins

• The power of the Roman Catholic Church diminishes

• Martin Luther publishes the Ninety-Five Theses

What innovation had the greatest impact on the Protestant Reformation?

• movable type printing press

• triangular sail

• Mercator projection

• magnetic compass

What was the Counter-Reformation?

• The Church resolving issues with Martin Luther

• The Church fighting against the Protestant Reformation

• The Church unified in Western Europe

• The end of the Catholic Church