Knowledge Building

Multiple Choice

What do you think it means when the text says, “your life is anchored to the Church”?

• You are sailing on the church, like a ship.

• You do not care about the church.

• The Church was very important to the lives of people and they were strongly connected to it

• You have never heard of the church.

Multiple Choice

When the Christian Church split into two parts, one part was called the Orthodox Church and one was called the Catholic Church. What do the words orthodox and catholic mean?

• Orthodox means “sprinkles”; catholic means “chocolate.”

• Orthodox means “religious”; catholic means “non-religious.”

• Orthodox means “correct”; catholic means “universal.”

• Orthodox means “holy”; catholic means “sacred”

Multiple Choice

How did Christians in the Middle Ages celebrate holy days?

• They threw super big parties

• By going to church

• By sitting in silence

• By having dinner with their families.

Drag and Drop

Holy days were divided into what 2 categories?​ ​

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Feasting

Fasting

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Religious

Audio Response

How would you describe the architecture, or style, of churches and cathedrals?

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Multiple Choice

What was a pilgrimage?

• a journey taken by Christians to visit religious shrines that were dedicated to the lives of people important to the history of Christianity

• Something to do with Thanksgiving

• A big party thrown by the entire town.

• Going to church once a week.

Multiple Choice

Who were monks and where did they live?

• They were the best friends of the kings and they lived in castles.

• They were a kind of serfs and they lived on the manors.

• They were the leaders of the church and they lived in monasteries.

• Men who chose to live apart from society and devote their lives to the Church. They lived in monasteries.

Audio Response

Describe women who devoted their lives to the church.

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Multiple Choice

How did the Church become wealthy?

• It raised taxes, owned land, and all church goers tithed.

• They charged people to belong to the church.

• They held special dinners where people donated money to help the church.

• They took money and land from people.

Audio Response

How did monks and nuns help preserve, or save, knowledge from the ancient Greeks and Romans?

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Multiple Choice

What does the word exquisite mean?

• Gross and muddy

• Rare and beautiful

• Riz and sigma

• Fancy and bejeweled

Audio Response

What did monks vow, or promise, to do in the ceremony in which they officially joined the church?

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Audio Response

What practices from the Middle Ages show the influence and power of the Church?

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When you see the size and architectural details of churches built during the Middle Ages, and know that they took many, many years to build, what does that tell you about the importance of the Church in the lives of Europeans who lived during that time period?

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Open Ended

Write a sentence using the word "devote."