World History

Protestant Reformation

1.What was the role of the Catholic church in the Middle Ages before the Reformation?

2. Who was John Wycliffe and what was his impact on the Catholic church?

3. Who was John Huss and what was his impact on the Catholic church?

4. What is a heretic?

5. What happened to John Huss?

6. Who was Martin Luther?

7. What was Luther’s belief about eternal salvation?

8. What was the Catholic church’s belief about eternal salvation?

9. What was the “sale of indulgences”?

10. Explain Luther’s “Ninety-Five Theses”?

11. Why was Luther excommunicated in 1521?

12. What were Luther’s three basic beliefs?

13. What was the Edict of Worms?

14.What were the major changes of the “new Lutheran church”?

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15. How did the word “protestant” evolve?

16. What was the result of the Peace of Augsburg?

17. Why did the Reformation move on to England?

18.What happened to the control of the Catholic church in 1534?

19. Who were Henry VIII’s children that ruled after him?

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20. How was the rule of Elizabeth I different than that of her sister Mary?

21. From the map on page 319, what countries were

Roman Catholic

Lutheran

Calvinist

Anglican

22. Who was John Calvin?

23. How did he influence the Protestant Reformation?

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24. What happened in Geneva, Switzerland?

25. What was a Huguenot?

26. What was the St. Batholomew’s Day Massacre?

27. What was the purpose of the Counter-Reformation?

28. What was the Inquisition?

29. What did the Council of Trent decide about salvation?

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30. Who was Ignatius Loyola?

31. Who were the Jesuits?

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