Early Modern
America
Terms
Catholicism
Protestantism
100

The Act of Supremacy declared this king as the supreme head of the Church of England.

Who is Henry VIII? 

100

Roger Williams advocated for religious freedom, a key tenet of this Protestant tradition. 

Who are the Baptists? 

100
In episcopal polity, this office holds the most authority. 
What is the bishop? 
100

This council in the 1960s started an era of global engagement for the Catholic Church. 

What is Vatican II? 

100

John Wesley founded this Protestant movement, advocating for Christian perfection and free will. 

What is Methodism? 

200

Our Lady of Guadalupe was an apparition of this holy figure to an indigenous Christian in Mexico.

Who is the Virgin Mary?

200

John Winthrop used this biblical phrase to describe Massachusetts Bay Colony

What is "a city on a hill"? 

200

This belief in the Bible's accuracy in theology, history, and science is key to the Fundamentalist movement.

What is biblical inerrancy? 

200

This Bible was produced by hand by Benedictine monks and professional scribes from the UK and US. 

What is the St. John's Bible? 

200

This movement advocated for moderation in or elimination of alcohol consumption, driven by evangelical activists. 

What is the Temperance Movement? 

300

This council reaffirmed papal supremacy, seven sacraments, original sin, and infant baptism. 

What is the Council of Trent? 

300

This revival movement in the 1700s is considered by scholars as the first American Revolution. 

What is the Great Awakening? 

300

Fundamentalism advocated for this belief about Jesus's beginnings.

What is the virgin birth? 

300

Vatican I was, in large point, a reaction against this theological movement. 

What is modernism? 

300

This Protestant missionary to India prioritized Bible translation. 

Who is William Carey? 

400
Under Afonso I, Christianity became the official religion of this African kingdom. 

What is the Kongo? 

400

This framework for colonial prosperity was based in a personal conversion experience. 

What is the New England Way? 

400

In Presbyterian polity, elders are elected to their congregation's ____________.

What is session? 

400

_____________ states that when the pope rules on moral or theological issues "ex cathedra," this doctrine is authoritative in the church.

What is papal infallibility? 

400

MLK criticized this particular demographic in his Letter from Birmingham Jail. 

What are white moderates? 

500

The Jesuits' missionary strategy of cultural accommodation was criticized in this conflict between missionary monastic orders and the pope in the early modern era.  

What is the Rites Controversy? 

500

Richard Allen was the founder of this first Black Protestant denomination. 

What is the American Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)? 

500

These are evangelicalism's four key tenets. 

What is Christocentrism, biblicism, conversionism, activism? 

500

This bishop of San Salvador preached that the church should always stand with the poor and the oppressed.

Who is Oscar Romero? 

500

This 1906 event is considered the beginning of Pentecostalism in the US.

What is the Azusa Street Revival?