Medieval History Quiz

What was the goal of Medieval Architecture of Gothic Cathedrals?

• Inspire you to look up at God

• Make you recall your sins

• Tell God's stories

• Feel like you were God

Where did Mohammad live?

• Jerusalem

• Constantinople

• Mecca

• Ka'bal

A series of military expeditions made according to a vow to return holy sites to the Church from the Muslims

• Crusades

• Simony

• Iconoclast

• The Great Schism

The final purification of all who die in God's grace but remain imperfectly purified

• The Black Plague

• Purgatory

• Simony

• Lay Investure

Nations in which Catholicism was the established religion of the state

• Simony

• The Great Schism

• Lay Investure

• Christendom

What role did Mohammad play in Islam?

• Raised an army to create their Kingdom

• Converted many to Islam

• Preached a peaceful Gospel of Love

• Created the religion of Islam

Which of the following is NOT one of the Pillars of Islam

• Fasting

• Pilgrimage

• Prayer

• Jihad

A practice where secular rulers chose the bishops for their territories, thus usurping the right of the pope to choose

• Feudalism

• Lay Investure

• Simony

• Christendom

The controversial practice of selling and buying positions or favor within the Church. The Church condemns this practice

• Feudalism

• Lay Investure

• Simony

• Christendom

The governing system in the Middle Ages in which a superior or lord granted land to a vassal in return for military

• Feudalism

• Simony

• Lay Investure

• Christendom