Topic 10 Vocabulary Test

What does the term "Secular" mean?

• Related to religious practices

• Nonreligious

• A type of government

• A religious journey

What is the purpose of a "Pilgrimage"?

• To exclude a person from a church

• To undertake a journey to worship at a religious place

• To participate in a military campaign

• To spread a deadly infection

What did the "Magna Carta" promise?

• A system of law courts outside the control of other branches of government

• An extreme scarcity of food

• Certain rights to barons

• The movement to drive the Muslims from Spain

What is "Common law"?

• A body of law that has developed from custom and from judges' decisions

• A court order to bring an arrested person before a judge or court

• A document that promised barons certain rights

• An assembly of representatives who make laws

What is "habeas corpus"?

• A deadly infection spread by fleas

• A court order

• A belief that is rejected by official Church doctrine

• A series of military campaigns

What is the "Parliament"?

• A court order to bring an arrested person before a judge or court

• An assembly of representatives who make laws

• A document that promised barons certain rights

• A series of investigations designed to find and judge heretics

What is the "Judiciary"?

• A system of law courts outside the control of other branches of government

• A series of military campaigns to establish Christian control over the land

• A movement to drive the Muslims from Spain

• An unsuccessful revolt by peasants against feudal lords

What were the "Crusades"?

• A series of military campaigns to establish Christian control over the land

• A deadly infection spread by fleas that live on rats

• A movement to drive the Muslims from Spain

• An extreme scarcity of food

What does "Heresy" refer to?

• A belief that is rejected by official Church doctrine

• A court order

• A series of military campaigns

• A deadly infection spread by fleas

What is the "Inquisition"?

• A series of military campaigns to establish Christian control over the land

• A series of investigations designed to find and judge heretics

• A movement to drive the Muslims from Spain

• An extreme scarcity of food