MOH Lesson 25-27

Monastery comes from the Greek word "monos", which means _____

• loner

• alone

• close

• proof

Columba was inspired to take the gospel of Christ to ________

Because of Columba's hot temper, he caused ____ men to die because of a dispute with the local chieftain.

• 3500

• 3000

• 1000

• 2000

Columba and 12 of his friends sailed in what the Irish called _______, which is a hide-covered sea vessel. They landed on Iona, a tiny island off the western coast of Scotland

• Brude

• Picts

• currach

• Romans

These people had the reputation of being fierce. But their leader Brude wanted nothing to do with Columba and his men so he kept them out of their village.

• Irish

• Scots

• Romans

• Picts

One of the most important services of the monastteries was to preserve the writing of books. They copied the Bible by hand and made a valuable art of it. They wrote with brilliant colors and ___________ letters. This is usually written the first of the opening page.

• luminated

• Illuminated

• lumination

• Illumination

Like the Philippines, Japan is an archipelago which is composed of chain of islands. There are four main islands named; ______, ______, ______, and ________ except one.

• Hokkaido

• Kyushu

• Shikoku

• Osaka

According to myth, Japan was made out of a brother and a sister drawing a sword to make an island. They believe that every droplet from the sword became an island. These sacred islands were called ________ meaning "source of the sun".

• Nippon

• Nihonggo

• Japan

• Cipango

The first emperor was named ______ ______ and lived to be 600 years before Christ. According to myth, he was a descendant of a sun goddess.

• Yamato clan

• Jimnu Tenno

• Jimmu Tenno

• Yanato clan

The earliest religion in Japan is called _______. It means "way of the gods". It holds that "Kami" is the sacred energy behind everything, be it the gods, nature or the emperor.

• Shotoku

• Buddhism

• Shinto

• Kamikaze