NAME Sophie Fantin Period: 4
he Reformation in Europe
Directions: As you read your textbook Chapter 16 Lesson 1 write the answers.
1. Who was the best-known Christian humanist, and what did he believe?
Desiderius Erasmus believed that Christianity should show people how to live good lives.
2. What is an Indulgence?
Indulgence is a document you would pay for and sign to forgive your sins.
3. Who was Martin Luther, and what idea of his became the chief teaching of the
Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther was a monk who did not like the idea of paying away your sins.
4. Where and what year did Martin Luther issue his Ninety-five Theses?
1517, all parts of Germany.
5. Why was Luther made an outlaw within the Holy Roman Empire?
The church did not agree with his ideas and did not like that he was going against
them.
6. What is Lutheranism?
Luther’s doctrine of his beliefs
7. Why did Charles V oppose the Reformation?
He saw Luther as a challenge to the church and a disturbance to society
As you read your textbook Chapter 16 Lesson 2 write the answers.
8. The Swiss priest Ulrich Zwingli introduced Protestant reforms in the city of
__________________ and wanted an alliance with _________.
9. John Calvin emphasized predestination, what is that?
Predestination is the belief that god chose some people to go to heaven and
others to hell.
10. The Pope refused to annul the marriage of King Henry VII. What does annul mean?
Annul means to declare invalid.
11. What is a basic belief of Anabaptists?
They believed that the government had no authority over Anabaptists.
12.What is a ghetto?
A ghetto is the segregated neighborhoods that Jewish people had to live in for
not converting.
13. Jesuits used __education__ ___ to spread their message and establish schools.
14. Use the Map at the beginning of Chapter 16 to label the areas of Christian
denominations in Europe on the next page.
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