Answer #1 - D) To address the issues involving the Protestant movement.
Answer #2 - A) They objected to clergymen who lived lavishly.
Some additional notes:
In regard to question #2, I've seen some people answer this question with item D, saying commoners supported Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries because they were Puritans. That is incorrect, however, because the Puritan movement did not begin until later, under the reign of Elizabeth.
Regarding question #1, the Council of Trent, held over a span of years from 1545 to 1563, served to reform some abuses that were acknowledged by the Catholic Church. Mostly, though, the Council aimed to assert the full authority of Roman power and doctrine over the Protestant threat.
The correct answer is B. Human Development Index.
The Human Development Index (HDI) takes into consideration several different factors in order to categorize nations as to levels of development. Some of the factors they use are:
A) A country's Gross National Income (GNI)
B) Life expectancy
C) Education of citizens (i.e. college degree, years of schooling for average citizen).
John Calvin was the French scholar who helped spread Protestantism to Switzerland. He is most notably known for developing Calvinism
<span>C. It showed the parliament had failed to convince the colonists to remain in the British empire.</span>
