Unit 1 Lesson 5.5 Education

What was the role of the Church in education during the Middle Ages?

• The Church established universities
• The Church encouraged people to read and write
• The Church did not play a role in education during the Middle Ages
• The Church only educated the clergy

What was the new form of writing developed during the Middle Ages?

• All capital letters
• Lowercase letters
• Cursive writing
• Printed letters

What did students in universities study during the Middle Ages?

• Latin grammar and rhetoric
• Art and literature
• Science and technology
• History and geography

Why did teachers often read to students during the Middle Ages?

• Because students were illiterate
• Because books were hand copied and very rare
• Because teachers were illiterate
• Because books were too expensive

What was the Church's attitude towards ancient texts during the Middle Ages?

• The Church greatly respected ancient texts
• The Church ignored ancient texts
• The Church banned ancient texts
• The Church was sometimes uneasy about ancient texts

What did the Church teach people to be guided by?

• Reason
• Emotion
• Faith
• Logic

What did ancient writers like Aristotle teach?

• That emotion was the path to knowledge
• That faith was the path to knowledge
• That intuition was the path to knowledge
• That reason was the path to knowledge

What did Thomas Aquinas try to do?

• He tried to separate reason and faith
• He tried to bridge the gap between reason and faith
• He tried to ban ancient texts
• He tried to promote ancient texts

What did Aquinas believe about faith and reason?

• That faith and reason were in conflict
• That faith and reason worked together
• That faith was more important than reason
• That reason was more important than faith

What did Aquinas's concept of natural law state?

• That nature was irrelevant
• That there was no order built into nature
• That nature was chaotic
• That there was an order built into nature that could guide people's thinking about right and wrong