Unit 2 Quiz study guide - The Counter-Reformation - Peace of Augsburg

Question 1

What was the Peace of Augsburg?

Answer 1

-Agreement that allowed each prince in the H.R.E to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism for their subjects.

Calvinism and Anabaptism were not allowed to be practiced because they challenged the authority of the ruler.

Question 2

What is the doctrine ‘Cuius regio, eius religio’?

Answer 2

It means ‘Whose region, his religion,’ and it reaffirmed that the lord of the land could determine the religion of his subjects.

Question 3

What did the Peace of Augsburg state about lands taken after 1552?

Answer 3

Any lands taken after 1552 must be returned to the Catholic Church.

Question 4

What were subjects no longer allowed to practice?

Answer 4

Calvinism and Anabaptism were not allowed to be practiced (because they challenged the authority of the ruler).

Question 5

What does doctrine mean?

Answer 5

-a stated principle of government policy, mainly in foreign or military affairs.
-a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group.