Western CIV - The Reformation Sections
3&4 Study Guide Test.
What political, economic, and social factors helped bring about the Reformation? - CORRECT ANSWER
Political-rise of competing states; rulers resented pope's control.
Economic-Rulers jealous of Church's wealth; merchants resented paying Church taxes.
Social-People question Church; printing presses spread ideas critical of Church.
From where did the term Protestantism originate? - CORRECT ANSWER Protestantism was the religion of
the Protestants which were people who were Christians who belonged to non-Catholic churches in the
1500s.
What impact did Henry VIII's actions have on England in the second half of the 1500s? - CORRECT
ANSWER His children brought religious turmoil by switching from Protestant to Catholic and back.
In 1517, Luther posts his 95 theses on the church door at Wittenberg. (Cause and Effect) - CORRECT
ANSWER Cause: He attacked tetzels selling indulgences.
Effect: Luther's words were spread all over Germany and attracted many followers.
In 1520 Luther is excommunicated. In 1521, he is declared an outlaw and heretic. (Cause and Effect) -
CORRECT ANSWER Cause: The Pope realized that Luther was a serious threat to papal authority. The
emperor, a devout Catholic, also felt threatened.
Effect: Luther was sheltered in saxony, where he translated the new testament into german. When he
returned to Wittenberg, he found many of his ideas already in use. He and his followers had become a
separate religious group called Lutherans.
The German peasants revolt in 1524. (Cause and Effect) - CORRECT ANSWER Cause: They were excited
by talk of Christian freedom and applied this idea to social freedom by demanding an end to serfdom.
, Effect: When the armies of the German princes (at Luther's request) crushed the revolt, killing
thousands of people, many peasants rejected Luther's religious leadership.
The Peace of Augsburg is signed in 1555. (Cause and Effect) - CORRECT ANSWER Cause: The holy roman
emperor had fought a war against the german protestant princes and defeated them. However, he
couldn't force them back into the Catholic church.
Effect: The settlement ended the war and allowed the ruler of each german state to decide his states
religion.
The English Parliament approves the Act of Supremacy in 1534. (Cause and Effect) - CORRECT ANSWER
Cause: Henry VIII needed to annul his marriage to Catherine and remarry in order to have a male heir.
When the Pope would not agree to this, Henry called a reformation parliament to strip away the Pope's
power in England. The act of supremacy completed Henry's break with the Pope by making the King the
head of England's church.
Effect: Henry closed all English monasteries and seized their wealth. and land. This act increased royal
power as well at the king's treasury.
Parliament establishes the Anglican church in 1559. (Cause and Effect) - CORRECT ANSWER Cause:
Elizabeth returned to England from Catholicism to Protestantism and asked the parliament to set up a
national church.
Effect: The Anglican Church became the only legal church in England so that both Catholic moderates
and Protestants moderates might accept it.
Protestant - CORRECT ANSWER Christians who were non-Catholic churches were considered..
Indulgence - CORRECT ANSWER An indulgence, otherwise known as a pardon, released a sinner from the
penalty that a priest imposed for sins.
Heretic - CORRECT ANSWER Luther was declared a heretic, or a person who holds beliefs that differ from
official church teachings.
3&4 Study Guide Test.
What political, economic, and social factors helped bring about the Reformation? - CORRECT ANSWER
Political-rise of competing states; rulers resented pope's control.
Economic-Rulers jealous of Church's wealth; merchants resented paying Church taxes.
Social-People question Church; printing presses spread ideas critical of Church.
From where did the term Protestantism originate? - CORRECT ANSWER Protestantism was the religion of
the Protestants which were people who were Christians who belonged to non-Catholic churches in the
1500s.
What impact did Henry VIII's actions have on England in the second half of the 1500s? - CORRECT
ANSWER His children brought religious turmoil by switching from Protestant to Catholic and back.
In 1517, Luther posts his 95 theses on the church door at Wittenberg. (Cause and Effect) - CORRECT
ANSWER Cause: He attacked tetzels selling indulgences.
Effect: Luther's words were spread all over Germany and attracted many followers.
In 1520 Luther is excommunicated. In 1521, he is declared an outlaw and heretic. (Cause and Effect) -
CORRECT ANSWER Cause: The Pope realized that Luther was a serious threat to papal authority. The
emperor, a devout Catholic, also felt threatened.
Effect: Luther was sheltered in saxony, where he translated the new testament into german. When he
returned to Wittenberg, he found many of his ideas already in use. He and his followers had become a
separate religious group called Lutherans.
The German peasants revolt in 1524. (Cause and Effect) - CORRECT ANSWER Cause: They were excited
by talk of Christian freedom and applied this idea to social freedom by demanding an end to serfdom.
, Effect: When the armies of the German princes (at Luther's request) crushed the revolt, killing
thousands of people, many peasants rejected Luther's religious leadership.
The Peace of Augsburg is signed in 1555. (Cause and Effect) - CORRECT ANSWER Cause: The holy roman
emperor had fought a war against the german protestant princes and defeated them. However, he
couldn't force them back into the Catholic church.
Effect: The settlement ended the war and allowed the ruler of each german state to decide his states
religion.
The English Parliament approves the Act of Supremacy in 1534. (Cause and Effect) - CORRECT ANSWER
Cause: Henry VIII needed to annul his marriage to Catherine and remarry in order to have a male heir.
When the Pope would not agree to this, Henry called a reformation parliament to strip away the Pope's
power in England. The act of supremacy completed Henry's break with the Pope by making the King the
head of England's church.
Effect: Henry closed all English monasteries and seized their wealth. and land. This act increased royal
power as well at the king's treasury.
Parliament establishes the Anglican church in 1559. (Cause and Effect) - CORRECT ANSWER Cause:
Elizabeth returned to England from Catholicism to Protestantism and asked the parliament to set up a
national church.
Effect: The Anglican Church became the only legal church in England so that both Catholic moderates
and Protestants moderates might accept it.
Protestant - CORRECT ANSWER Christians who were non-Catholic churches were considered..
Indulgence - CORRECT ANSWER An indulgence, otherwise known as a pardon, released a sinner from the
penalty that a priest imposed for sins.
Heretic - CORRECT ANSWER Luther was declared a heretic, or a person who holds beliefs that differ from
official church teachings.
