History Level N Weekly Exam Material

Week: 5
Exam Timetable:

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

CA

CA Code: 2122-HNH72 Level N History Continuous Assessment T1 W5

Book Material:
 Counter Reformation and Council of Trent
 Philip II of Spain
p. 16-20

Course Revision Material:

IV – The Economic Revival in the 15th and 16th Centuries
V – The Protestant Reformation in the Sixteenth Century
VI – The Roman Catholic Church Fights Back
VII – The Age of Religious Wars (1560-1648)
pp 2-3

Static Sample Question is attached.

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CA HNH72 Sample Questions

1. What did the Council of Trent say about justification, sacraments and scripture?

2. Know who founded the Society of Jesus

3. Identify which areas the Protestant Reformation had extended to by the end of the
16th century.

4. Know what Philip II devoted his reign to

5. Why did the Netherlands revolt in 1566?

6. Know how, in 1585, did Elizabeth I respond to the Catholic threat in England

7. How the situation in the Netherlands was resolved in 1609?

8. What were the causes of the 16th Protestant Reformation?

9. Who supported the idea of “salvation by faith alone”?

10. What led Martin Luther to initially criticized the Catholic Church in 1517?

11. What was agreed at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555?

12. Explain Transubstantiation?

13. Where did the main Calvinist Community establish?

14. What is the meaning of the term ‘predestination’?

15. Know by what decree Henry VIII attempted to keep the Catholic faith intact

16. Who reinstated the Catholic faith to England?

17. Know Elizabeth I’s method for dealing with the religious troubles in England

18. Know what the followers of the Church of England are called

19. Know the most difficult problem Elizabeth I faced while reinstating the Church of
England

20. Know why the movements against Protestants developed in Spain first

21. Know what would have influenced what religion a person would follow the most in 1560

22. Know in which ways the Catholic Church and clergy demonstrated their power in Spain

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23. Know why the Jesuits did not recognise Elizabeth as the true heir of the English crown

24. Why did Spanish rulers support the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain?

25. Know what did the Catholic Church state was part of living a 'good life'

26. Why was the English Parliament stronger than its European counterparts?

**27. Know which was NOT a way that the Catholic Church impacted medieval life?

28. Who is regarded as the founder of textual criticism?

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Answers:
1. What did the Council of Trent say about justification, sacraments and scripture?
Sample question answer:
The Council of Trent stated that only priests could interpret scripture correctly.

2. Know who founded the Society of Jesus

Sample question answer:
Ignatius Loyola

3. Identify which areas the Protestant Reformation had extended to by the end of the
16th century.
Sample question answer:
Scandinavia, Netherlands, German states, England, Scotland

4. Know what Philip II devoted his reign to

Sample question answer:
The defense of Catholicism

5. Why did the Netherlands revolt in 1566?

Sample question answer:
The revolt against Phillip II was in response to his attempts to impose strict political
and religious control of the province.

6. Know how, in 1585, did Elizabeth I respond to the Catholic threat in England
Sample question answer:
She responded by sending 6,000 soldiers to help rebels in the Netherlands

7. How the situation in the Netherlands was resolved in 1609?

Sample question answer:
The country was a division between religions, Protestants in the north and Catholics in
the south.

8. What were the causes of the 16th Protestant Reformation?

Sample question answer:
The Protestant Reformation was caused by:
 Social and economic problems
 The printing press
 A growing middle class
 The decline in the prestige of the papacy

9. Who supported the idea of “salvation by faith alone”?

Sample question answer:
Martin Luther supported the idea of “salvation by faith alone”.

10. What led Martin Luther to initially criticized the Catholic Church in 1517?
Sample question answer:
The sale of indulgences to the poor was the initial cause of Martin Luther’s criticism
against the Catholic Church.

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11. What was agreed at the Peace of Augsburg in 1555?
Sample question answer:
In 1555, the Peace of Augsburg agreed that German states would be allowed to choose
between Lutheranism and Catholicism.

12. Explain Transubstantiation?

Sample question answer:
The Catholic belief that the bread and wine taken at communion literally transforms
into the body and blood of Christ

13. Where did the main Calvinist Community establish?

Sample question answer:
Geneva, Switzerland

14. What is the meaning of the term ‘predestination’?

Sample question answer:
That God preordains who is going to go to heaven

15. Know by what decree Henry VIII attempted to keep the Catholic faith intact
Sample question answer:
Henry VIII attempted to keep the Catholic faith intact by issuing the Six Articles.

16. Who reinstated the Catholic faith to England?

Sample question answer:
Mary Tudor attempted to reinstate the Catholic faith in England

17. Know Elizabeth I’s method for dealing with the religious troubles in England
Sample question answer:
The Middle Way

18. Know what the followers of the Church of England are called
Sample question answer:
Anglicans

19. Know the most difficult problem Elizabeth I faced while reinstating the Church of
England
Sample question answer:
Enforcing Anglicanism on the Irish

20. Know why the movements against Protestants developed in Spain first
Sample question answer:
Because in Spain it was told that to be Spanish meant you had to be Catholic.

21. Know what would have influenced what religion a person would follow the most in 1560
Sample question answer:
The religion that their ruler had decided upon

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22. Know in which ways the Catholic Church and clergy demonstrated their power in Spain
Sample question answer:
The high ranking clergy members would address the King as their equal

23. Know why the Jesuits did not recognise Elizabeth as the true heir of the English crown
Sample question answer:
They refused to recognize Elizabeth as the true heir because she was not from Henry
VII’s first marriage, therefore she could not have been the true heir.

24. Why did Spanish rulers support the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain?
Sample question answer:
They hoped it would unite their country

25. Know what did the Catholic Church state was part of living a 'good life'
Sample question answer:
According to the Catholic Church, the following were considered part of living a ‘good
life’:
 Attendance to church and religious festivals
 Giving alms to the poor
 Fasting at certain times of the year
 Undertaking pilgrimages

26. Why was the English Parliament stronger than its European counterparts?
Sample question answer:
The mingling of classes in England, the willingness of townsmen to follow the
leadership of the gentry , and of the gentry to respect the interests of townsmen, helped
to root representative institutions in England more deeply than in other countries
during the medieval era.

**27. Know which was NOT a way that the Catholic Church impacted medieval life?
Sample question answer:
Most of the land in Europe was owned by the Church

28. Who is regarded as the founder of textual criticism?

Sample question answer:
Valla

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