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WorksheetsCulture and the Church
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is habeas corpus?
An order that a jailed person must see a judge about whether or not they should be in jail
The right to free speech of a jailed person
The right for people to be fed while in jail
The document that limited the kings power
What king united the smaller kingdoms of England to defeat the vikings?
Alfred of Wessex
William the Conqueror
King John
Henry II
What is the Magna Carta that was signed by King John in 1215?
A document that limited the kings power
A document that created parliament
A document that gave people the right of free speech
A document that gave more rights to women
Why was Saladin successful in defeating the Europeans crusaders?
He united the Muslim people into one fighting force
He sent assassins to kill the European leaders
He used a new invention called gunpowder to destroy the European catapults
He converted many Christian soldiers to Islam by promising them land
What was the purpose of a trial jury?
To decide if the person should be accused of a crime
To decide whether the person on trial is innocent or guilty
To decide whether or not the person needs to be in jail
To decide how much money in bail the person will need to pay
Check All That Apply: What where the two major types of architecture that cathedrals and monasteries were build in during the Middle Ages?
Romanesque
Byzantesque
Gothic
Victorian
What was the name for the stone arches attached to cathedral walls that supported the ceiling and allowed for huge windows?
Flying buttresses
Flying Arches
Barrel Vaults
Vaulting Arches
Which of the following BEST describes scholasticism?
Ideas arrived on through faith did not have to contradict ideas of reason
Ideas of God do not need logic and only need faith
Its followers attempted to prove God did NOT exist using logic and reason
Its followers wanted to show that the Christian God is the only God by proving the Muslims God does not exist using logic and reason
Who was scholasticisms greatest thinker?
Thomas Aquinas
Bernard of Clairvaux
Pope Urban II
Hildegard of Bingen
In this book, the author attempted to use the ideas and logic of Aristotle with the ideas of the Church. Starting with the question "Does God Exist?", providing both sides of the argument, and then drawing conclusions.
Sainta Auiqina
Summa Theologica
Physica
Domesday Book
What is term for the language that person speaks every day?
Viticulture
Vernacular
Scholasticism
Pagan
Check All That Apply: What were two types of vernacular poetry written in the Middle Ages?
Troubadour
Heroic Epic
Haiku
Love Sonnet
Check All That Apply: Which of the following is true about Cistercian Monks?
Wanted to live a simple and spiritual life
Worshiped, prayed, and farmed the land
Lived in total isolation and never interacted with the outside world
Founded by monks who were unhappy with the massive wealth of the church
What is one major DIFFERENCE between a traditional monk and a friar?
Friar do not worship the same Christian God as monks
Friars stay away from all outsiders and never interact with the world
Friars would go out and bring Christianity to the people by leaving their monasteries
Monks could own property and wealth, but Friars could not
Which of the following were two of the major orders of Friars in the Middle Ages?
Franciscan
Frankish
Dominican
Peruvian
Which of the following BEST describes the Inquisition of the Middle Ages?
A court set up by the Pope where people were tried and punished for heresy
A system set up by the Pope to force all people to believe in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
A court set up Henry II where people would go first to a grand jury and then a trial jury
A system where friars would go out and spread the word of God and try to convert as many people as they could
