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WorksheetsChapter 2: Lesson 4 Culture and the Church
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Universities in Europe began as
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places to educate men away from the control of the Church.
centers for artistic learning in the Gothic and Romanesque styles.
groups of students and teachers who gathered to educate scholars.
small one-room schoolhouses led by local women.
Scholasticism was characterized by a
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focus on returning to the Bible as the true source of useful knowledge .
rejection of reason as a means of achieving useful knowledge.
growing skepticism that we can know anything about the material world.
commitment to find knowledge by combining faith and reason.
The view of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle upset some Christian thinkers because he
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focused on the way we describe things rather than on the reality of things.
believed that nothing could truly be known about the nature of God.
was a committed atheist who scorned any kind of religious beliefs.
reached his conclusions through reason, not religious faith
Which monk turned from teaching theology to studying the natural world and helped develop the modern scientific method?
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Thomas Becket
Francis of Assisi
Peter Abelard
Roger Bacon
The theologian who wrote a book to show that basic religious truths could be proved by logical argument was
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Hugh Capet.
Thomas Aquinas.
Thomas Becket.
Roger Bacon.
Vernacular language can best be described as ________ language.
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formal
everyday
scholarly
Church
One popular type of vernacular literature was troubadour poetry, which often focused on
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simple explanations of religious concepts.
the love of a knight for a lady.
the typical lives of peasants and merchants.
knights fighting in the service of their lord.
Bernard of Clarvaux was a famous Cistercian monk who
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sought to restore power to feudal nobles.
argued that faith and reason were incompatible.
strongly opposed the continuation of the crusades.
took the side of the poor against the rich.
Franciscans were
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known for their cheerfulness and deep love of nature.
known as strong defenders of church teachings.
Dominicans were
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known for their cheerfulness and deep love of nature.
known for defending the teachings of the church.
Medieval Christians participated in church rituals called ________, the most important of which was Holy Communion during worship
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traditions
saints
sacraments
heresy
In 1233., the pope set up a Church court called the Inquisition to
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put on trial priests and monks thought to have cheated peasants.
question and deal with people accused of opposing Church teachings.
try members of the nobility who were accused of corruption.
finalize which texts would be included in the Christian Bible
