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Chapter 2, Section 3

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  1. 1As the appeal of the Reformation increased, the split between the [blank_start]Catholics[blank_end] and the [blank_start]Protestants[blank_end] increased religious and economic tensions in Europe. The Reformation caused religious tensions that inflamed existing rivalries among the [blank_start]nations[blank_end] of Europe.
    By 1530, the rulers of Sweden, Denmark, and several European states had split with the [blank_start]Roman Catholic[blank_end] Church. They set up [blank_start]Protestant[blank_end] churches in their countries.
    1. ACatholics
    2. BProtestants
    3. Cnations
    4. DRoman Catholic
    5. EProtestant
  2. 2Who was the Swiss thinker that influenced the development of Protestant churches in France, Switzerland, Scotland, and the Netherlands.
    1. AJohn Durante
    2. BJohn Calvin
    3. CJohn Sutphen
    4. DJohn Smith
  3. 3In England, King [blank_start]Henry[blank_end] VIII joined the side of the [blank_start]Protestants[blank_end] when he sought to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon. The pope refused to annul the king’s marriage, so [blank_start]Henry[blank_end] broke with the [blank_start]Catholic[blank_end] church. He set up a [blank_start]Protestant[blank_end] church and named it the Church of [blank_start]England[blank_end]. King Henry VIII died in 1547, and his son ruled only briefly before he [blank_start]died[blank_end], too.
    The throne passed to [blank_start]Mary I[blank_end], who wanted to restore the Catholic Church in England. But Mary died in 1558, and [blank_start]Elizabeth I[blank_end], a Protestant, took the throne.
    1. AHenry
    2. BProtestants
    3. CHenry
    4. DCatholic
    5. EProtestant
    6. FEngland
    7. Gdied
    8. HMary I
    9. IElizabeth I
  4. 4At this time, Spain and England were rivals because:
    1. AKing Philip II of Spain wanted to make England a Catholic nation again.
    2. BThe English were raiding Spanish ships for gold from the Americas.
    3. CEngland was helping Holland, a Spanish province, try to win its independence.
    4. DAll of the above
  5. 5In 1588, King Philip sent 130 ships to England, hoping to
    1. Aforce Queen Elizabeth from the throne.
    2. Btake English prisoners to work in the mines of Spain
    3. Chave tea with the Queen and her court
  6. 6English ships met the Spanish ships off the coast of France and sank all of the Spanish ships.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  7. 7Spain’s defeat changed the balance of power in Europe and Spain’s control of the seas was weakened which allowed

    1. AEnglish farmers to purchase Spanish seed at a much lower cost
    2. BEngland and France to found colonies in the Americas.
    3. CFrance to explore and take control over Spanish island colonies
  8. 8England funded an exploration led by .
    1. AJohn Calvin
    2. BJohn Cabot
    3. CJohn Durante
    4. DJames Jones
  9. 9Cabot thought a more northern route to Asia would be easier than the route Christopher Columbus had tried.
    During his second trip to America
    1. Ahe sank after striking an iceberg
    2. Bhe returned home without finding any new land
    3. Chis ships disappeared without a trace.
  10. 10Europeans soon realized the lands Cabot reached were not Asia, and they financed voyages to the new regions. Explorers from England, France, and Holland set out to find...
    1. Athe St Lawrence Seaway
    2. Ba Northwest Passage.
    3. Cthe Hudson Bay

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8th grade US History Quiz on Chapter 2, Section 3, created by Alice Sutphen on 08/10/2017.
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