The Protestant Reformation

Question 1

Why was the church important in the 1500s

Answer 1

At the time, there was a belief that not going to chirch would get you to hell

Question 2

Name three features of a 1500s church

Answer 2

• they were made of stone so they were more expensive. This was believed to make them closer to god.
  -they were put in the center to make them more accesible
  -they were tall so they could be found easily

Question 3

Why was the 1500s church wealthy

Answer 3

They didnt need to pay taxes
Everyone needed to pay 10% in TITHES or they thought they would go to hell

Question 4

Why did the church have lots of power

Answer 4

Wealth
Education
Community

Question 5

How was the church more educated

Answer 5

Only members of the church could read and write, so people relied on the church for education, this gave them more power.
The bible was written in latin, so only the preist could read it. This meant he could say anything and say it was from the bible

Question 6

Why was the church a large part of the community

Answer 6

There was a lot of peer pressure and manipulation to make people go to church, and people also relied on it for education and hospital

Question 7

What is heaven

Answer 7

hedven is a place of comfort and luxury where people lived for eternity in peace after your sins have been burned anay.

Question 8

What is purgatory

Answer 8

A place fer people to have ther sins burned away until they of to heaven

Question 9

What is hell

Answer 9

A place where the worst sinners burned for eternity

Question 10

What is a reformation

Answer 10

To overhaul and change what happens when someone is unhappy with a system.

Question 11

What was the rennaisance

Answer 11

An age of religious change in eurpe in the 16th century

Question 12

Who was martin luther

Answer 12

A german monk, famius for writing the 95 theses.

Question 13

When did martin lither write the 95 theses

Answer 13

1517

Question 14

What is an indulgence

Answer 14

Paying to have your sins forgiven

Question 15

Name the 6 reasons for the protestant reformation

Answer 15

Nationalism
Printing
Lives changing
General change
Corruption
Inflation

Question 16

Why did nationalism cause the protestant spread

Answer 16

People wanted less interference from the pope

Question 17

Why did printing affect the protestand spread

Answer 17

Printing made the new ideas forming more accesible. Some of these ideas were against the church. As well as this, matin luthers theses could be seen by all

Question 18

Why did inflation help the protestant spread

Answer 18

People hated paying tithes and they didnt want to pay them anymore. This caused many to become catholic

Question 19

What is a monastery

Answer 19

A building where monks or nuns live

Question 20

What is dissolution

Answer 20

The firmal ending of something

Question 21

How many monasterys were in england before the dissolution

Answer 21

Over 800

Question 22

When was the act of supremacy passed

Answer 22

1534

Question 23

What were king henry the 8 problems

Answer 23

No heir
No money
Less power

Question 24

Why did henry need an heir

Answer 24

To continue the tudor dynasty. He needed to get a divorce to make a legitimate child. The pope would not allow this

Question 25

Why did henry have less power

Answer 25

Everyone respected the pope. Henry wanted that power, so he needed to break from the catholic church

Question 26

Why did henry have no money

Answer 26

He was losing a war in france, and the catholic church was very rich. He needed that money for the war

Question 27

Where were the 95 theses written

Answer 27

Wittenburg

Question 28

Where did martin luther start the protestant reformation

Answer 28

Germany