GED Social Studies : Notable Historic Societies

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Example Question #11 : Notable Historic Societies

Which of these leaders was at one time head of the Holy Roman Empire?

Possible Answers:

Queen Catherine the Great

Justinian the First

King Henry II

Julius Caesar

Charlemagne

Correct answer:

Charlemagne

Explanation:

The Holy Roman Empire was nominally created from the ruins of the Western Roman Empire during the so-called Dark Ages of European history. Charlemagne, a Frankish King in the early ninth century, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 C.E.

Example Question #12 : Notable Historic Societies

Which of these figures is most closely associated with the Protestant Reformation?

Possible Answers:

Frederick the Great

Martin Luther

Winston Churchill

David Lloyd George

Wilhelm von Bismarck

Correct answer:

Martin Luther

Explanation:

The Protestant Reformation began in Europe in the early sixteenth century. Specifically it can be traced to 1517, when the German monk nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a Church in Germany. Lutheranism was the first major religion of the Protestant Reformation, followed shortly by Calvinism (John Calvin), Zwinglism (Ulrich Zwingli), and Anglicanism (Henry VIII).

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