Where, when, how and by who was the Protestant Reformation started?
Martin Luther nailed the 95 Thesis to the Church door in Wittenburg, Germany in 1517
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Who started the English Reformation by breaking away from the Catholic Church?
King Henry VIII
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Who started Calvinism?
John Calvin
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Why was the Council of Trent called?
To decide where reform should go
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who was the first to propose a heliocentric model of the universe?
Nicolas Copernicus
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What are "Indulgences"?
An Indulgence is a piece of paper that is sold by the Catholic Church. It supposedly gets you out of waiting in purgatory when you die. (you go straight to heaven)
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Why did King Henry break away from the Catholic Church?
King Henry wanted to get a divorced (annulment) from his wife but the Pope would not allow it.
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What belief makes Calvinism different from Lutheranism?
Predestination
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What is the Inquisition?
A church court set up in the middle ages to root out Heresy
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Name one enlightenment thinker that influenced the American Governmental system.
Montesquieu or John Locke
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What helped Martin Luther spread his message so quickly?
The Printing Press
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What are the names of King Henry VIII's children that took the throne after he died?
Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I
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What is Predestination?
The belief that God has already chosen who will go to Heaven and who will not before you are born. You can't know and you can't change it.
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Who started the Jesuits?
Ignatius of Loyola
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What did Isaac Newton discover?
The Laws of Gravity
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Who invented the Printing Press?
Johannes Gutenberg
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Why did Mary I receive the nick name "Bloody Mary"?
She tried to change the English church back to Catholic (after her brother made the church Protestant) and she burned many Protestants at the stake.
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What type of government is controlled by Church leaders?
Theocracy
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What were the goals of the Catholic Reformation (there are 3)?
Revive the church, stop people from converting to Protestantism and clean up corruption
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What country was Voltaire from?
France
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During the Protestant Reformation, Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor) fought a series of small battles with several Princes in Germany. These battles ended with a compromise. What was the name of this compromise and what did it say?
The Peace of Augsburg and it said that each Prince had the right to decide if their lands would be Protestant or catholic.
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What compromises did Elizabeth I make in the Elizabethan Settlement?
She kept Bishops and Arch bishops
She kept Catholic Traditions
She reinstated the Book of Common Prayer
She changed the language of the Church to English
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John Calvin was one reformer to come from Switzerland. Name another.
Urlich Zwingli
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What kinds of people were targeted for Witch hunts? Give and Example
People who behaved non-traditionally such as beggars, midwives and herbalists