Printing Press Power
This inventor created the printing press with movable type.
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
Books made by hand were usually this (expensive or affordable?).
👉 What is expensive?
This reformer wrote the Ninety-Five Theses.
👉 Who is Martin Luther?
During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Catholic Church was very ______.
👉 Possible answers: powerful, wealthy, influential
This was the movement to reform or change the Catholic Church.
👉 What is the Reformation?
This type of printing allowed letters to be rearranged and reused.
Moveable Type
Books made by the printing press took this amount of time (days or months?).
👉 What is days?
The Ninety-Five Theses criticized this practice.
👉 What are indulgences?
This practice involved paying money to reduce punishment for sins.
👉 What are indulgences?
These reformers challenged Catholic teachings besides Luther.
👉 Who are John Calvin and the Anabaptists?
Before the printing press, books were made this way.
Handwritten
This method of bookmaking used type arranged to form words.
👉 What is the printing press?
The Ninety-Five Theses helped start this major movement.
👉 What is the Reformation?
Some reformers believed the Catholic Church had become this because of indulgences.
👉 What is corrupt?
John Calvin emphasized this idea about God’s control over salvation.
👉 What is predestination?
This group often copied books by hand before printing presses existed.
Monks
Books made by hand often took this long to complete.
👉 What is months?
Martin Luther believed people should find salvation through this.
👉 What is faith (not buying indulgences)?
This adjective could describe why people questioned the Church’s authority.
👉 Possible answers: unfair, corrupt, powerful.
The Anabaptists challenged the Church by believing this about baptism.
👉 What is that only adults should be baptized?
This was one major way the printing press changed everyday life.
Books became cheaper and more available / Ideas spread faster.
Name two differences between books made by hand and books made by printing press.
👉 Answers may include: time, cost, availability, monks vs. printers, handwritten vs. movable type.
Explain the relationship between the Ninety-Five Theses and the Reformation.
👉 They challenged Church practices and sparked religious reform across Europe.
Explain why someone might describe the Catholic Church as powerful during this time period.
👉 Controlled religious life, influenced politics, wealthy, sold indulgences.
How did Luther, Calvin, and the Anabaptists challenge the Catholic Church?
👉 They disagreed with Church teachings, indulgences, authority, and created new Protestant groups.