Guide Questions and Answers
Reformation - answer Also known as the Protestant Reformation, this was a
movement in 16th century Europe that was caused by the issues people saw within the
Catholic Church
Counter Reformation - answer Also known as the Catholic Reformation, this was the
Catholic Church's response to the Reformation. This led the church to reform itself, fix
corruption, and change problematic policies.
Indulgences - answer The church sold indulgences to people with the promise that
indulgence would get them out of purgatory and into heaven faster.
95 Theses - answer The list of grievances that Martin Luther nailed to the church
door in Wittenberg, Germany
Martin Luther - answer •German Monk
• Nailed a list of 95
grievances to the church
door
Became the figurehead of
the Reformation
John Calvin - answer • French Protestant reformer • Broke away from the French
Catholic church
• His teachings became the
foundation for the Reformed,
Congregational and
Presbyterian churches
Henry VIII - answer • King of England
• Split with the Catholic
Church and formed the
Church of England
• Got rid of monasteries
and reduced the power
of the church over
society in England.
Elizabeth I - answer • Daughter of Henry VIII
• Ruled England for 44 years • Established the Church of
England
, • Relatively tolerant and avoided systematic persecution
prepared to discuss and debate the contents and ideas of the 95 Theses. - answer
What was Martin Luther's plan with the 95 theses
She requests that the bad counsel of her enemies not stain his opinion of her and
especially their daughter Princess Elizabeth. - answer What does Anne Boleyn
request from Henry VIII?
You can infer that the accusers and judges of her trial were her enemies - answer
Based on what Anne Bolyn said and the results of the trial, what can you infer about her
"accusers and judges"?
Jane Seymour was the only wife to give birth to a son, which Henry desperately wanted
to help preserve his legacy. - answer Why do you think Henry wanted this family
portrait painted and not one with any of his other wives?
Absolutism - answer Government in which the Monarch has ultimate power and
authority over the people
Divine Right - answer The belief that the right of rule derives directly from God, not
from the consent of people.
Monarchy - answer Government that is ruled by a monarch that has the highest
authority
Constitutional Monarchy - answer Monarchy in which the powers of the ruler are
restricted to those granted under the constitution and laws of the nation.
Petition of Right - answer petition sent by the English Parliament to King Charles I
complaining of a series of breaches of the law. The petition sought recognition of four
principles: no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without
cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime.
Louis XIV of France - answer Absolute Monarch of France
Expanded French Territory
Annex towns that border France
Elizabeth I of England - answer Headed the Anglican Church
Passed the Act of Supremacy, and the Act of Uniformity
Defeated the Spanish Armada
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Catherine the Great of Russia - answer Rallied army regiments of St. Petersburg and
started a coup against Peter III
Worked to Westernize Russia