2-1 Vocabulary Quiz

Match the following terms with their definition.

• to be removed from membership in the church and essentially banished from heaven

• excommunicate

• the head of a monastery

• abbot

• a senior member of the Catholic Church

• clergy

• all of the people who work for a church

• bishop

• the head of the Roman Catholic Church

• pope

Match the following terms with the correct definitions.

• a word that describes the tribes of people who lived in Europe during the early Middle Ages

• Germanic

• a place where monks and nuns lived and worked

• illuminations/ illuminated manuscripts

• books with bright, colorful images and words from the Middle Ages

• monastery

• a word that describes anything from the Middle Ages

• convent

• a community of nuns within a monastery

• medieval

Match the following terms with the correct definition.

• an inlet of a sea or river surrounded by steep cliffs

• navigable

• to make a change, most often in government

• fjord

• a military attack

• raid

• able to be easily sailed on by ships and boats

• trial jury

• a group of citizens who hear a court case and decide if the accused person is innocent or guilty

• reform

The monk, who lived at the ​ (a)   , went to meet with all of the workers, known as the ​ (b)   . They discussed the recent agreement between the pope and the king, which is called a ​ (c)   . If the king betrays the pope, he could be ​ (d)   , or removed from the church.

• monastery
• clergy
• concordat
• excommunicated

The ​ (a)   is the head of the Catholic Church. Below him are the high-ranking officials known as the ​ (b)   . Each monastery is led by an ​ (c)   .

• pope
• bishops
• abbot

Which of the following terms does the image show?

• Germanic

• raid

• monastery

• fjord

• monastery

• abbot

• illuminations

• medieval

The people in the image are deciding whether someone accused of a crime is innocent or guilty. They are the...

• pope

• abbot

• bishop

• trial jury