Vocabulary
Religious Reformation
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Politics and Religion Meet
100

The removal or reduction of certain punishments for sin, linked to a special act of penance.

Indulgence

100

The act of changing for the better.

Reformation

100

How many theses did Martin Luther write?

95

100

What country did John Calvin spend most of his life?

Switzerland

100

Relating to a style of European art popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Baroque

200

A person who challenges existing ideas in an institution.

Reformer

200

What years did the Great Western Schism happen?

1378-1417

200

What two churches did Martin Luther's idea split the churches into?

Catholic and Protestant

200

How did John Calvin learn about the reform movement?

By studying Luther's teachings

200

What was the purpose of the Inquisition?

To hunt down and execute heretics and false converts.

300

An idea or opinion

Thesis

300

How many popes were in control during the Great Western Schism.

3

300

What is Lutheranism?

The set of religious ideas developed by Luther and Melanchthon.

300

What do Calvinist believe?

They believe God already knows who is going to be saved and who will go to Heaven.

300

What were Huguenots?

People who followed the Calvinism religion

400

A person who goes against the accepted teachings of a religion.

Heretic

400

What was the name of Johannes Gutenberg's hometown?

Mainz, Germany

400

On what points did Martin Luther disagree with the church?

The sale of indulgences

400

What do Lutherans believe?

They believe that salvation is a result of God's grace and is received through faith rather than Predestination.

400

What was the outcome of the 30 year war?

It established the right of individual nations to govern themselves without interference from other nations.

500

The idea that a person's salvation has already been decided by God.

Predestination

500

What led to the Reformation?

Disagreements about how Christians should think, act, and worship, the selling of indulgences, new ideas from humanists and reformers, invention of the printing press, increase power among European leaders.

500

How did rulers in the Holy Roman Empire respond to Luther's reforms?

Some supported him others did not. 

500

How did people respond to the Reformation?

Those who supported it joined the new Protestant churches, those who didn't remained with the Catholic church.

500

When was the treaty of Westphalia signed?

1648

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