CCHS11q Cathedrals and Universities: #11

What were the main centers of knowledge-making before universities?

• Monasteries and abbeys

• Libraries and archives

• Castles and fortresses

• Markets and fairs

What architectural feature allowed cathedrals to have large stained-glass windows?

• Flying buttresses

• Thick walls

• Wooden beams

• Iron supports

What was the primary purpose of cathedrals during the medieval period?

• Administrative, spiritual, and educational center

• Residential housing

• Military defense

• Market trading

Which of the following was NOT a subject in the liberal arts curriculum?

• Logic

• Rhetoric

• Grammar

• Alchemy

What was the main reason for the rise of universities between 1100 and the mid-1300s?

• Population growth and urbanization

• Invention of the printing press

• Discovery of new continents

• Decline of monasteries

What was the result of the 1277 condemnation of Aristotelian 'errors'?

• It increased the power of the Church

• It led to the closure of universities

• It banned all scientific studies

• It encouraged new scientific thinking

Which of the following was a proto-university in Europe?

• Charlemagne’s palace at Aachen

• The Vatican

• The Tower of London

• The Louvre

What was the main focus of the 'Northern' model of universities?

• Theology

• Engineering

• Medicine

• Law

Which of the following was a famous medieval physician whose works were studied?

• Hippocrates

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

What was a significant consequence of the Black Death in Europe?

• It resulted in the invention of the steam engine

• It caused the fall of the Roman Empire

• It led to the discovery of America

• It killed 30 to 60 percent of the population

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