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Chapter 19.4 - A Christian Europe

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Christians could communicate the message of Jesus because most people in the Roman Empire spoke?

a)

English and Spanish

b)

Greek and Hebrew

c)

Hebrew and Latin

d)

Latin and Greek

2.

Which was a list of regulations followed in Eastern Orthodox monasteries and convents?

a)

Benedictine Rule

b)

Basilian Rule

c)

Cyrillic Code

d)

Ethelbert Code

3.

One of the major duties of Benedictines was to serve as?

a)

disciples

b)

missionaries

c)

monasteries

d)

priests

4.

Which were religious communities where devout Christian men of the Eastern Roman Empire lived apart from the world?

a)

convents

b)

fortresses

c)

missionaries

d)

monasteries

5.

Which part of Gothic cathedrals allowed the buildings to have thinner walls?

a)

barrel vaults

b)

flying buttresses

c)

stained glass windows

d)

thick pillars

6.

Which of the following was a feature of Gothic cathedrals?

a)

thick walls

b)

a flat roof

c)

rounded ceilings

d)

stained glass windows

7.

Students in the first European universities did not have?

a)

books

b)

classes

c)

exams

d)

teachers

8.

What is theology?

a)

the study of government

b)

the study of logic 

c)

the study of religion

d)

the study of science

9.

What is vernacular?

a)

Latin

b)

Ancient Greek

c)

everyday language

d)

formal language used in universities

10.

Who followed a simpler, more spiritual way of life through worshiping, praying, and farming?

a)

Cistercian monks

b)

Western European serfs

c)

French bishops

d)

English knights

11.

Between A.D. 1000 and 1200, most nuns?

a)

came from wealthy families

b)

were orphaned at an early age

c)

had been forced to join religious orders

d)

were serfs who had earned their freedom

12.

A famous, educated, medieval nun who wrote music was?

a)

Francis of Assisi

b)

Hildegard of Bingen

c)

Joan of Arc

d)

Thomas Aquinas

13.

For medieval Christians, the most important holy sacrament was?

a)

baptism

b)

communion

c)

marriage

d)

reconciliation

14.

Any idea that conflicted with church teaching was considered a?

a)

crime

b)

heresy

c)

rhetoric

d)

vernacular

15.

Hostility towards Jewish people is called?

a)

anti-Hebrew

b)

anti-Judaism

c)

anti-Semitism

d)

prejudice

16.

Because of discrimination in Western Europe, many Jews settled in Eastern Europe, especially?

a)

Lithuania

b)

Poland

c)

Russia

d)

Ukraine

17.

True or False? A priest named Paul brought Christianity to Ireland

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False? Friars spent most of their lives praying and working inside their monasteries

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False? Between A.D. 1000 and 1200, many nuns composed music for the church

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Devout Christian women in the Eastern Roman Empire who established religious communities were called (a)  

21.

(a)   , a Byzantine missionary, developed an alphabet that allowed the Byzantines to bring their religion and culture to the Slavs

22.

Two popular types of vernacular literature in medieval Europe were (a)   poetry and the heroic epic.

23.

religious worship service for Catholic Christians

(a)  

24.

the monk who headed a monastery

(a)  

25.

dedicated Byzantine missionary who's brother was Cyril

(a)  

26.

ancient Greek philosopher who used reason, not faith, to reach conclusion

(a)  

27.

priest who combined Church teachings with the ideas of Aristotle

(a)  

28.

people who are sent out to the teach of their religion

(a)  

29.

city that was home to one of the first medieval universities

(a)  

30.

the nun who headed a convent

(a)  

31.

founder of the Franciscan order of friars, who were known for their cheerfulness and love of nature

(a)  

32.

an archbishop of Canterbury, who is known for his reasoning about the existence of God

(a)  

33.

a Spanish monk who started the Dominican order in 1216

(a)  

34.

a famous Cistercian monk

(a)  

35.

way of thinking that used reason to explore questions of faith

(a)