AP Euro Guided Reading

Protestant ReformationMcKay Text

Pages 392-400

  1. Describe the Christian Church in the early 16th century. Include how people practiced their faith.
  2. Analyze the criticisms of the 16th century Church. Include: clerical immorality, clerical ignorance, pluralism, absenteeism, clerical privilege, simony*, and Nepotism*. The two * items may need a google search!
  3. Tell the biographical story of Martin Luther. Who was he? What was he like?
  4. What is an indulgence? Be thorough.
  5. Who was Johann Tetzel?
  6. What did Luther have against indulgences?
  7. What was argued in Leipzig in 1519? Be detailed.
  8. What led to the Diet of Worms, 1521? What happened at the Diet?
  9. Who was Zwingli and what did he preach?
  10. How was the word ‘Protestant’ derived?
  11. Explain the three basic things early Protestants agree on.
  12. What did the Protestants disagree on?
  13. What attracted people to Luther’s teachings?
  14. How did Luther’s message spread?
  15. What role did politics/government need to play in order for Protestant ideas to stick? Include a discussion on Zurich and Saxony.
  16. Who were the Anabaptists and why were they so hated by the other groups?

Pages 400-404

  1. Analyze the German Peasants War/Revolt of 1524-1525. Include causes, effects, Luther’s role, and Zwingli’s opinion.
  2. What did Luther and Zwingli believe about a priest or nun’s vows? Why?
  3. How did these early Protestants view marriage?
  4. Describe how women were viewed by the early Protestants.
  5. Compare and Contrast the Catholic and the Protestant views of women, marriage, and family life.
  6. What opportunities did convents offer women that were NOT encouraged in the Protestant world?

Pages 404-410

  1. Trace the rise of the Habsburg dynasty. Include details on HOW the family became so powerful.
  2. How were people’s faith that differed from the majority viewed?
  3. Why did Luther appeal to German Princes?
  4. What was the Augsburg Confession?
  5. Why was Charles V unable to respond to the refusal to obey his command that Protestants return Catholic lands taken by Protestants?
  6. Trace the religious conflict that led to the Peace of Augsburg of 1555.
  7. What did the Peace of Augsburg of 1555 state?
  8. Discuss the spread of Protestantism in Denmark-Norway and Sweden.
  9. Outline the English Reformation. Include important people, causes and effects, and how it all changed English government structures.
  10. How did the Anglican Church evolve during the short reign of Edward VI?
  11. What happened during the short reign of Bloody Mary (Mary I Tudor)?
  12. Describe how Queen Elizabeth I dealt with the religion question.
  13. What happened to Mary Queen of Scots? Why?
  14. What was the Spanish Armada? What happened to it?
  15. What is the significance of the Spanish Armada’s defeat?

Pages 410-414

  1. Who was John Calvin, where was he from, and what did he write?
  2. Describe the Calvinist belief. How was it different than Luther, Zwingli, and Anglicanism?
  3. Describe Calvin’s Geneva theocracy.
  4. Who was John Knox and what was his and his follower’s beliefs?
  5. Trace the Reformation movement in Eastern Europe. Pay particular attention to Poland-Lithuania.
  6. What made Hungary’s experiences of the Reformation complex?

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