The Catholic Church
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church
Who is the Pope?
The name for a man who dedicates his life to his religion.
What is a monk?
The continent where the earliest printing press was invented.
What is Asia?
A word that means to express an objection to what someone has said or done.
What is protest?
The animal on which the disease spread.
What are fleas?
The title for the leaders of the church who risked their lives to pray for those who were sick and dying from the plague. They died by the thousands and the Catholic Church had to pick less trained replacements.
Who are priests?
The book Martin Luther translated into German.
What is the Bible?
The earliest form of printing done by the Chinese, that involved carving wood blocks by hand.
What is wood block printing?
A word that means to make changes in something in order to improve it.
What is reform?
The trade route on which the plague spread.
What is the Silk Road?
The document the Catholic Church sold to believers that promised their sins were forgiven and that there was a place reserved for them in heaven. (This was really a trick in order to get their money)
What are indulgences?
The punishment Martin Luther received from the Catholic Church.
What is being labeled a heretic and excommunicated?
The method used before the printing press to create books.
What is handwritten?
A person who spoke out against the Catholic Church.
What is a heretic?
The reason for the plague that the Catholic taught.
What is god was punishing them for their sins?
The most serious punishment given to heretics.
What is burning them alive?
The number of theses (discussion points) that he sent to the local archbishop in order to start a conversation and hopefully improve the church.
What are 95 theses?
The printing method used by Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany. (woodblock type, metal block type, or moveable type)
What is moveable type?
To kick someone out of the church.
What is excommunicate?
The amount of people who died from the Bubonic Plague. (hundreds, thousands, or millions)
What is millions?
The name of the meeting where Martin Luther was named a heretic.
What is the Diet of Worms?
The place where Martin Luther hid from the catholic church and translated the bible into German.
What is Wartburg Castle?
The oldest known printed texts were created for this religion.
What is buddhism?
A statement that someone wants to discuss or prove. (conversation starters)
What is a theses?
The action taken by cities during the Black Death to protect against the spread of disease. (In some costal cities, ships were required to wait for up to 30 days before entering)
What is quarantine?