Referencing the Text
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Thinking Deeper
100

Based on chapter 3, what impacted the reputation and practices of the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages? 

the Catholic church's accumulation of wealth and power

100

What is heresy and what consequences do heretics face? Provide text evidence to support your answer. 

Student should provide text or glossary definitions and state that a heretic could be excommunicated or punished to death. Quotes should be sentences 4-6.

100

Name the 3 ways the Catholic church responded to the impact of Gutenberg's printing press during the Catholic Reformation. Be sure to name the page number(s) you found your answers.

The Catholic church responded to the impact of the printing press by censoring books that opposed the church, creating the Index of Forbidden Books, and reviving the Inquisition to charge people with heresy. 


Answers can be found pages 60 and 61

200

Based on chapter 1, name 3 ways Gutenberg’s printing press was important to people’s everyday lives.

The printing press helped translate books into English, increased book access to more people, allowed for the spread of knowledge and ideas, and increased the amount of pages that were able to be printed.

200

How are the geocentric model and heliocentric model of the universe different from one another?  

The geocentric model states the earth is the center of the universe; the heliocentric model states the sun is the center of the universe.

200

What role did John Calvin play in the Protestant Reformation? Be sure to quote text evidence within your answer. 

John Calvin created Calvinism which stressed social reform and predestination. Quotes should come from page 43

300

 Based on the information provided in the text, which detail on page 34 best describes why Martin Luther vowed to give his life to God?

Luther survived the storm.

300

Why did some people, like Martin Luther, believe the church needed to be reformed during the 1400s and 1500s?

The Catholic Church enforced many corrupt and questionable practices onto the people of Europe, such as issuing indulgences in exchange for donations of money from members of the church.

300

What role did Kepler play in Copernicus's theory? Quote text evidence in your answer.

Kepler created a mathematical model that supported Copernicus' heliocentric theory about the universe. Quotes should come from page 49 paragraph 1. 

400

Select a quote from Chapter 6 that supports that the Catholic Church moved toward reform.

Listen to student responses

400

What statement best supports why Martin Luther wrote the Ninety-Five Theses?

  1. He wanted to support the Church’s practice of selling indulgences.

  2. He believed that the Church’s teachings were perfect and should not be questioned.

  3. He wanted to express his concerns about corruption in the Church, especially the sale of indulgences.

  4. He wanted to become the leader of the Catholic Church

400

Why is ‘Shifts in Power the best title for the section on pg. 30 of the text? Quote text evidence to support your answer.

Teacher will listen to responses. Text evidence should come from paragraph 1 of the section on pg 30. Sentences 4-6.

500

Why is “Almost Silenced” a good title for the section on page 53? Quote the text in your answer.

Galileo was ordered to stop promoting Copernicus’s ideas and was at risk of receiving punishment, so he recanted.


"Galileo was summoned to Rome to stand trial and was accused of being a heretic. In order to spare himself punishment and possible execution, Galileo eventually recanted."

500

In what ways was the Catholic Church important to Europeans in the Middle Ages?

  1. The Catholic Church was the social glue that held the community together

  2. The Catholic Church provided education to those who could afford it

  3. The Catholic Church taught people how to live in this world and how to get to the next world

  4. The Catholic Church provided comfort and protection to those in need

  5. The Catholic Church provided money to those who were poor

500

What can be inferred about the Church’s use of Latin and how it affected ordinary people’s understanding of religion? Quote text evidence to support your answer.

I can infer that the Church's use of Latin affected ordinary people's understanding of Catholicism because only wealthy people were able to speak and read Latin while poor, ordinary people could not. This shows that the Church was trying to control the poor and what they were able to understand, heightening their power. 

Quote should be from page 26, paragraph 2. first few sentences.

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