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Culture and the Church

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is habeas corpus?

a)

An order that a jailed person must see a judge about whether or not they should be in jail

b)

The right to free speech of a jailed person

c)

The right for people to be fed while in jail

d)

The document that limited the kings power

2.

What king united the smaller kingdoms of England to defeat the vikings?

a)

Alfred of Wessex

b)

William the Conqueror

c)

King John

d)

Henry II

3.

What is the Magna Carta that was signed by King John in 1215?

a)

A document that limited the kings power

b)

A document that created parliament

c)

A document that gave people the right of free speech

d)

A document that gave more rights to women

4.

Why was Saladin successful in defeating the Europeans crusaders?

a)

He united the Muslim people into one fighting force

b)

He sent assassins to kill the European leaders

c)

He used a new invention called gunpowder to destroy the European catapults

d)

He converted many Christian soldiers to Islam by promising them land

5.

What was the purpose of a trial jury?

a)

To decide if the person should be accused of a crime

b)

To decide whether the person on trial is innocent or guilty

c)

To decide whether or not the person needs to be in jail

d)

To decide how much money in bail the person will need to pay

6.

Check All That Apply: What where the two major types of architecture that cathedrals and monasteries were build in during the Middle Ages?

a)

Romanesque

b)

Byzantesque

c)

Gothic

d)

Victorian

7.

What was the name for the stone arches attached to cathedral walls that supported the ceiling and allowed for huge windows?

a)

Flying buttresses

b)

Flying Arches

c)

Barrel Vaults

d)

Vaulting Arches

8.

Which of the following BEST describes scholasticism?

a)

Ideas arrived on through faith did not have to contradict ideas of reason

b)

Ideas of God do not need logic and only need faith

c)

Its followers attempted to prove God did NOT exist using logic and reason

d)

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

9.

Who was scholasticisms greatest thinker?

a)

Thomas Aquinas

b)

Bernard of Clairvaux

c)

Pope Urban II

d)

Hildegard of Bingen

10.

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.

a)

Sainta Auiqina

b)

Summa Theologica

c)

Physica

d)

Domesday Book

11.

What is term for the language that person speaks every day?

a)

Viticulture

b)

Vernacular

c)

Scholasticism

d)

Pagan

12.

Check All That Apply: What were two types of vernacular poetry written in the Middle Ages?

a)

Troubadour

b)

Heroic Epic

c)

Haiku

d)

Love Sonnet

13.

Check All That Apply: Which of the following is true about Cistercian Monks?

a)

Wanted to live a simple and spiritual life

b)

Worshiped, prayed, and farmed the land

c)

Lived in total isolation and never interacted with the outside world

d)

Founded by monks who were unhappy with the massive wealth of the church

14.

What is one major DIFFERENCE between a traditional monk and a friar?

a)

Friar do not worship the same Christian God as monks

b)

Friars stay away from all outsiders and never interact with the world

c)

Friars would go out and bring Christianity to the people by leaving their monasteries

d)

Monks could own property and wealth, but Friars could not

15.

Which of the following were two of the major orders of Friars in the Middle Ages?

a)

Franciscan

b)

Frankish

c)

Dominican

d)

Peruvian

16.

Which of the following BEST describes the Inquisition of the Middle Ages?

a)

A court set up by the Pope where people were tried and punished for heresy

b)

A system set up by the Pope to force all people to believe in Eastern Orthodox Christianity

c)

A court set up Henry II where people would go first to a grand jury and then a trial jury

d)

A system where friars would go out and spread the word of God and try to convert as many people as they could