The Reformation: printing, church reform and a divided Europe

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   From debate points to printed pages

   With cards in time order: [1] 1517: Martin Luther, a priest and professor at Wittenberg, writes the Ninety-five Theses in Latin as points for a scholarly debate about indulgences, and sends a copy to Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz; [2] by the end of 1517: ?; [3] 1520: Luther writes On the Freedom of a Christian and an open letter to the pope, published in German for readers across Germany; the Library of Congress says it was already a bestseller when the pope received it; [4] April 1521: at the Diet of Worms, Emperor Charles V orders Luther to take back his writings; Luther refuses, and the emperor condemns him as an outlaw. Arrows (this made the next one possible): 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. The card marked ? is blank. Below the strip: a disputation is a scholarly debate. A notice of one was often posted on a church door at that time. A diet is an assembly of the empire's rulers.

2. 1.

   Kira's strip has a blank card: what happened by the end of 1517?

   • Three printed editions of the theses appeared
   • Luther was condemned as an outlaw
   • The theses were written in Latin
   • Luther wrote an open letter to the pope in German

3. From debate points to printed pages

   With cards in time order: [1] 1517: Martin Luther, a priest and professor at Wittenberg, writes the Ninety-five Theses in Latin as points for a scholarly debate about indulgences, and sends a copy to Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz; [2] by the end of 1517: three printed editions of the theses appear, in Leipzig, Nuremberg and Basel, about 300 copies each by one estimate; [3] 1520: Luther writes On the Freedom of a Christian and an open letter to the pope, published in German for readers across Germany; the Library of Congress says it was already a bestseller when the pope received it; [4] April 1521: ?. Arrows (this made the next one possible): 1 → 2, 2 → 3, 3 → 4. The card marked ? is blank. Below the strip: a disputation is a scholarly debate. A notice of one was often posted on a church door at that time. A diet is an assembly of the empire's rulers.

4. 2.

   Luz's strip has a blank card: what happened in April 1521?

   • The emperor made Luther a bishop
   • A press at Leipzig closed for good that year
   • Luther sent the theses to the archbishop
   • Luther refused to take back his writings
6. 3.

   Noah reads the word disputation. What is a disputation?

   • A scholarly debate
   • A letter sent to a king
   • A sermon in a large church
   • A tax on printed books
7. 4.

   Pia reads that Luther wrote about indulgences. Which meaning fits the way Catholics describe them?

   Use the picture in question 3.

   • A grant Catholics teach eases punishment for sins
   • A letter sent to a bishop
   • A tax that printers paid on the books they sold each year
   • A debate held at a university
8. 5.

   Ren reads that Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy. What is Parliament?

   • England's assembly that makes laws
   • The king's private council of priests
   • A guild of cloth sellers
   • A court that judges thieves
9. 6.

   Where did Luther teach in 1517, by Tala's strip?

   • Strasbourg
   • Mainz
   • Wittenberg
   • Worms
11. 7.

    In which city did Zwingli become a priest in 1518, Zee asks?

    • London
    • Geneva
    • Zurich
    • Wittenberg
12. 8.

    In which language is the Book of Common Prayer, by Ari's strip?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • Spanish
    • German
    • Latin
    • English
13. 9.

    Which card has no arrow leading into it on Bo's strip?

    • The Diet of Worms, April 1521
    • Three printed editions, end of 1517
    • On the Freedom of a Christian, 1520
    • The Ninety-five Theses, 1517
14. 10.

    Which card has an arrow from Zwingli's card, Esme asks?

    • The Book of Common Prayer, 1549
    • The Act of Supremacy, 1534
    • The Swiss Brethren, 1524
    • No card