The Catholic Church in Medieval Europe

The center of life in a medieval society was the

• town hall.
• temple.
• market.
• church.

How did the Catholic church become so wealthy?

• Through tithes from the people
• Paying of penances
• Paying of sacraments
• All of the above

Who is missing?

• Archbishops
• kings
• Nuns
• monks

Who decreed that Rome would stop persecuting Christians?

• Benedict
• Constantine
• Gregory VII
• Charlemagne

Which of the following is a main reason why the clergy were recorders and advisers to kings?

• They could read and write.
• They were honest and wise
• They owned most of the land.
• They made all the people obey.

Historians sometimes call the Middle Ages in western Europe the

• Age of faith.
• Age of Reason.
• Age of Exploration.
• Age of Enlightenment.

Which of these is a sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church?

• birthday
• marriage
• graduation
• pilgrimage

Most Gothic cathedrals had all these features EXCEPT

• stained-glass windows.
• broad ditches called moats.
• arches called flying buttresses.
• roof sculptures called gargoyles.

In the Middle Ages, many universities grew out of

• pilgrimage sites.
• cathedral schools.
• Charlemagne's court.
• convent schools.

Christians who went on a pilgrimage visited

• priests

• castles

• holy sites

• doctors