4.6 Practice MCQs

Group 2

• He was establishing his legal right to override the decisions of Parliament

• He was using his position as the head of the Church of England to validate his control over the people

• He was showing his compassion for the people of England by asserting that he was ruling with the will of God

• He was using religious doctrine to justify political legitimacy by asserting that he was ruling with the will of God

• Philip II of Spain sealed off Spain from the threat of Protestantism

• Charles V of Spain defended Catholic dogma in the Counter-Reformation

• Louis XIV of France created the gigantic Palace of Versailles near Paris

• Charles I of England defeated his opponents in the English Civil War

Group 3

Source 3.1

• To demonstrate their wealth and power.

• To provide jobs for artists, architects, and builders.

• To create fortresses as a defense against invading armies.

• To glorify and demonstrate the power of the official state religion.

Group 4

• A shift to agricultural labor as the main economic activity

• Widespread bankruptcy among investors and economic strain on urban merchants

• Increased migration from the Netherlands to the New World

• The end of international trade with Asia

Group 5

• The Church’s focus on salvation by faith alone

• The accumulation of wealth by clergy members

• The Church’s sale of indulgences as a means to gain wealth

• The Pope’s inability to change religious doctrine

• It marked the beginning of the Scientific Revolution.

• It initiated the Protestant Reformation, leading to religious fragmentation.

• It ended the use of Latin in European religious texts.

• It unified European nations under one religion.

• It allowed for a faster distribution of his writings across Europe.

• It prevented his ideas from reaching the nobility.

• It restricted the dissemination of his ideas to Germany.

• It enabled the Catholic Church to control his writings.

Group 6

• To align with Protestant doctrine

• To address abuses while reaffirming Catholic doctrine

• To abolish the practice of indulgences altogether

• To translate the Bible into vernacular languages

• Justification by faith alone

• The necessity of both faith and good works for salvation

• The exclusive authority of the clergy in interpreting the Bible

• The rejection of saints and relics

• The unification of all Christian groups

• The spread of Protestantism to Southern Europe

• The reinforcement of Catholic identity in Southern Europe

• The reduction of religious wars