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: 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.

2. 1.

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

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

3. Reform in Switzerland and England

   With cards in time order: [1] 1518: Ulrich Zwingli becomes the priest of Zurich; he preaches against the selling of indulgences, fasting in Lent and priests not marrying; [2] 1524: inspired by Zwingli, Konrad Grebel starts the Swiss Brethren, who say baptism should wait until a person is an adult; [3] 1534: ?; [4] 1549: the Book of Common Prayer, in English, sets out the church service of the Church of England. Arrows (this made the next one possible): 1 → 2, 3 → 4. The card marked ? is blank. Below the strip: baptism is the church ceremony that admits a person to the church. At that time most churches baptized babies. Parliament is England's assembly that makes laws.

4. 2.

   Milo's strip has a blank card: what happened in England in 1534?

   • The pope became the head of the Church of England
   • Parliament made the monarch head of the church
   • Zwingli became the priest of Zurich
   • An English prayer book was first printed
6. 3.

   Noah reads the word disputation. What is a disputation?

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

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

   Use the picture in question 3.

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

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

   Use the picture in question 3.

   • Mainz
   • Strasbourg
   • Wittenberg
   • Worms
10. 6.

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

    • Geneva
    • Wittenberg
    • Zurich
    • London
11. 7.

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

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • Spanish
    • Latin
    • German
    • English
12. 8.

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

    • The Diet of Worms, April 1521
    • Three printed editions, end of 1517
    • The Ninety-five Theses, 1517
    • On the Freedom of a Christian, 1520
14. 9.

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

    • The Swiss Brethren, 1524
    • No card
    • The Act of Supremacy, 1534
    • The Book of Common Prayer, 1549
15. 10.

    What does the arrow from the Act of Supremacy card show, Jun asks?

    Use the picture in question 9.

    • The Act and the prayer book are unrelated
    • The pope wrote the prayer book
    • The prayer book came after the Act
    • The prayer book came before the Act