AP Practice DBQ and Reformation WHAP/Napp
1. Using the following documents, analyze the relationships between gender and politics in
twentieth-century Latin America. Identify one additional type of document and explain
how it would help your analysis.
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Checklist:
- Read question carefully
- Identified main idea of all ten documents
- Grouped documents – three ways if possible
- Created a valid thesis statement addressing all parts of the question
- Wrote three body paragraphs – one for each group
- Each paragraph had the main idea of the group, evidence from each document to support the main idea, and analyzed point of view in several documents
- Included point of view analysis for at least 3 to 4 documents
- Included relevant outside information
Thesis for essay:
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A Reading Passage on the Reformation:
“Catholicism had won the hearts, spirits, and tithes of the overwhelming majority of the population of western and central Europe. By 1500 the Church had become so wealthy and powerful that several reformers charged the Church with straying from Jesus’ early simplicity and his message of compassion for the poor.
Martin Luther (1483-1546), a pious German monk who lived in a monastery in Wittenberg and taught in the university there, shared these criticisms of the Church’s wealth and further asserted that it claimed too much power over individual conscience. Luther doubted the importance of sacraments and authority. He kept his doubts private, however, until in 1517 a friar came to Wittenberg selling indulgences, which offered exemption from punishment for sins in exchange for donations to the Church. Outraged, Luther posted on the door of the castle church ninety-five theses, or statements of his belief, asserting the importance of faith and grace alone. Priests, he wrote, were not needed to mediate between humans and God. Pressed to recant, Luther refused, declaring ‘it is neither right nor safe to act against conscience.’
In Geneva, Switzerland, John Calvin (1509-64) preached another doctrine of reform. Like Luther, Calvin spoke of justification by faith and the supremacy of individual conscience. He denied the authority of the Church. Calvin went beyond Luther in arguing that God grants His grace to whomever He chooses, regardless of individual behavior. Unlike Luther, Calvin rejected alliances with the government of the city of Geneva.
A third major strand of reform arose in England, where King Henry VIII (r. 1509-47) broke from the Church not for reasons of doctrine, but to claim authority for England over the entire Catholic establishment within the country – churches, monasteries, and clergy – and to gain for himself a divorce, which the Church had forbidden, from the first of his six wives. Henry had no doctrinal quarrel with Rome. He simply wanted to head the English Church himself. Henry’s new church was called Anglican.” ~ The World’s History
1. Which of the following was not one of Luther's fundamental theological teachings? (A) Justification by faith, not works(B) Predestination
(C) Scripture as sole authority
(D) Priesthood of all believers
2. At the Diet of Worms, Luther
(A) Refused to recant his beliefs unless shown their error in scripture.
(B) Ran the emperor through with his saber.
(C) Agreed to submit his theological teachings to a general council of the church.
(D) Was absolved of all charges by the emperor.
(E) Resigned his professorship. / 3. In what theological teaching did Calvin differ from Luther?
(A) The Bible as sole authority
(B) Predestination
(C) Justification by faith
(D) Priesthood of all believers
4. During the reign of what English king did the English reformation begin?
(A) William III
(B) Edward VI
(C) Henry the Navigator
(D) Henry VIII
(E) Mary
1. Martin Luther’s criticism of the Roman Catholic Church was greatly aided by
(A) The printing press.
(B) The enthusiastic support of clergy in the Catholic Church.
(C) Local newspapers.
(D) Active guilds and artisans.
(E) All of the above.
2. As a result of Martin Luther’s preaching
(A) German princes recommitted themselves to Catholicism.
(B) The Roman Catholic Church adopted most of his reforms.
(C) A number of German cities began to pass laws requiring that religious services follow Protestant doctrine.
(D) German princes began to engage in good works.
(E) All of the above.
3. What political motivations encouraged the spread of Protestantism?
(A) Protestantism provided people an opportunity to overthrow monarchies.
(B) Protestantism encouraged people to claim their individual rights.
(C) Protestantism encouraged militarism in European nations.
(D) Protestantism provided monarchs and princes an opportunity to enhance their independence.
(E) All of the above.
4. In response to the challenges raised by the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church
(A) Launched a military campaign against the German states.
(B) Abandoned its monasteries in Germany.
(C) Abandoned the practice of selling indulgences.
(D) Summoned a council to clarify doctrine and strengthen its spiritual commitment. / 5. What was the principal focus of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)?
(A) to expose witches and heretics
(B) to expand the boundaries of the reformed Catholic Church
(C) to be soldiers for Jesus in the battle against the Protestants
(D) to direct the Court of the Inquisition on behalf of the pope
(E) to raise money for the Church by selling indulgences
6. Who benefited most from the religious controversy generated by the Reformation?
(A) Buddhist missionaries, because they won many converts fed up with Christian bickering
(B) the peasants, because they were able to leave the estates and move in to the cities
(C) centralizing monarchs, because they gained more independent authority
(D) the Catholic Church, because it gained more committed supporters
(E) the Islamic empires, because Europe was divided and weakened
7. Martin Luther argued that salvation could only come through good works.
(A) True
(B) False
8. The English Reformation originated in a conflict between Henry VIII and the pope.
(A) True
(B) False
9. Calvinism took root in Italy, Spain, and Austria.
(A) True
(B) False
10. John Calvin's Geneva enforced strict moral codes.
(A) True
(B) False