Quiz T1:L3 (Medieval Christian Church)

Which statement best describes the role of the popes in the Middle Ages?

• They were opposed to mixing spiritual and secular duties

• They were secular leaders who also claimed spiritual power.

• They were spiritual leaders who also exercised secular power.

• They always opposed reform of the Church or its policies.

In some areas in Medieval Europe, Jews were required to wear identifying clothing or live in a crowded and segregated part of a city called a _____ .

• quarter
• district
• enclave
• section
• ghetto

Which of the following contributed to the unification of the diverse peoples across Europe?

• Payment of tithes

• Use of Latin, which everyone understood

• A shared religious calendar

• Pilgrimages and holy relics

The Church forbade Christians from ____, the practice of lending money at interest. Because Jews were barred from most professions, some Jews became moneylenders. Nobles and others who borrowed heavily resented their debts, which further added to anti-Semitism.

• borrowing
• saving
• lending
• usury
• investing

How was a friar different than a monk?

• A friar is higher ranking than a monk in the church.

• A friar lives and works among the general public, while a monk lives in a monastery and devotes himself to prayer and contemplation.
• A friar is a type of poet, while a monk is a type of priest.

• Friars were from England, while monks came from the Franc's region.

The Church developed its own body of laws, known as ____ ____, and had its own courts. These laws were based on religious teachings and governed many aspects of life, from the behavior of the clergy to morals, marriages, and wills.

• Civil Law
• Common Law
• Natural Law
• Statutory Law
• Canon Law

Priests collected a tithe, or tax that must be paid each year to the Church. This tithe was equal to a ____ of a persons annual income.

• fifth
• tenth
• quarter
• half
• twentieth

How did Christianity spread through western and central Europe during the early Middle Ages?

• Missionaries traveled across the continent, preaching the Gospels.

• The Gospels were translated into Latin, the language peasants used.

• The Benedictine Rule forced everyone to pay a tithe to support new churches.

• The pope ordered interdicts, which established new monasteries.

Differences between how Christianity was practiced in the West under the leadership Pope in Rome and in the East under the leadership of the Byzantine emperor and the Patriarch in Constantinople, contributed to the _____ _____ of 1054 C.E.

• Eastern Reformation
• Great Schism
• Council of Nicaea
• Western Crusade
• Papal Inquisition

The high clergy, such as bishops and archbishops, were usually ____ ; who, like other nobles, had their own territories and armies. Church officials were often related to secular rulers.

• commoners
• merchants
• serfs
• peasants
• nobles