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Christianity
Protest
Reform
Conversion and Compromise
Religious Wars
100
In 1500 Christianity was on the defensive against this religion with the loss of the Holy Land and the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans
What is Islam
100
He is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation
Who is Martin Luther
100
This man broke away from the church because he wanted a divorce
Who is Henry VIII
100
Colonizers of this Christian faith were generally the most intent on converting native peoples in the time period of 1450-1750
What is Roman Catholic
100
This was a group of institutions within the judicial system of the Roman Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, often through torture and death
What is the Inquisition
200
In 1054 this Christian church officially broke with the Roman Catholic Church
What is the Eastern Orthodox
200
His invention of the printing press in Europe helped spread the ideas of the Protestant Reformation
Who is Johann Gutenberg
200
People of this faith believed in predestination and that card playing and dancing should be forbidden.
What is Calvinism
200
This Hindu movement that tried to achieve the divine through songs and dance set aside caste distinctions and threatened the social order in India
What is bhakti
200
This destructive war from 1618-1648 was between Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmenting Holy Roman Empire, developed into a more general conflict involving most of the great powers of Europe.
What is Thirty Years' War
300
This walled enclave within the city of Rome, with an area of approximately 110 acres, and a population of less than 1000, is the smallest internationally recognized independent state in the world by both area and population.
What is Vatican City
300
Martin Luther posted this on a door of a church in Germany in 1517
What is the 95 Theses
300
Luther taught that salvation and subsequently eternity in heaven is not earned by good deeds but is received only as through this
What is faith
300
The Spanish had the greatest success in converting peoples to Christianity on this island nation?
What is Philippines
300
This religion revolved from a peaceful religion into a militant community because they had to defend themselves against both Mughal and Hindu hostility
What is Sikhism
400
These are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship which play a fundamental role in Judaism and most forms of Christianity.
What are the Ten Commandments
400
Martin Luther criticized Johann Tetzel's selling of these papers that cost worshippers approximately half their yearly wages
What are indulgences
400
This often persecuted Christian religious group felt that infants should not be baptized and would evolve into the Amish
Who are the Anabaptists
400
Name one of the African slaves' syncretic religions that Europeans commonly considered to be satanic witchcraft and tried to suppress
What is Santeria and/or Vodou (Vodun)
400
The Christian group was created to spread the message of the Catholic Church through education. They were not too successful at converting the people of China but they were very active in transmitting knowledge of mathematics, science, and philosophy between China and Europe.
Who are the Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
500
Pope Francis, the reigning pope of the Catholic Church, is from this South American nation
What is Argentina
500
Martin Luther's refusal to retract all of his writings led to him being excommunicated by this pope
What is Leo X
500
This Catholic meetings(1545–1563) clarified Catholic doctrines and practices, corrected the abuses and corruption that the Protestants had protested against, such as the sale of indulgences
What is the Council of Trent
500
This movement opposed religious blending or syncretism in Arabia.
What is the Wahhabi movement
500
The Peace of Augsburg, was a treaty between Charles V and an alliance of Lutheran princes, on September 25, 1555, that officially ended the religious struggle and made the legal division of Christendom permanent within this empire that occupies modern day Germany
What is the Holy Roman Empire