The Church's Role in Medieval Europe 1

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California State History-Social Studies Standards
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The Church's Role in Medieval Europe 7th Grade Standards

1. Most historians consider the High Middle Ages to range from... *

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https://www.thoughtco.com/defining-the-middle-ages-part-6-1788883

300 B.C.E. to 1000 C.E.

1000 B.C.E. to 1300 C.E.

1300 B.C.E. to 1600 C.E.

1600 C.E. to 1900 C.E.

2. The highest ranking official in the Catholic Church is the ____________. *

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https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-papal-succession-3254774.php

Cardinal

Priest

Archbishop

Pope

3. By the year 1050 C.E. in Europe, the church had acquired great economic power. How was the church able to gain so much control of land and monetary (money) wealth? *

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_church_buildings

some land came in the form of gifts from kings, queens and lords

some land was taken by force

the church collected the tithe, or tax, amounting to one-tenth of each person's money, goods, or labor (work)

all of the above

4. Which was a reform enacted by Pope Gregory VII? *

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Painting of Pope Gregory VII. Read more about him at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII

Pope Gregory prohibited priests from getting married

Pope Gregory outlawed the selling of official church positions

Pope Gregory banned the practice where kings could appoint priests

all of the above

5. In 1073, a major conflict occurred between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV, the Holy Roman Emperor. Pope Gregory excommunicated Emperor Henry IV. What did excommunicating Henry IV mean? *

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Painting of Henry IV. Read more about his excommunication by Pope Gregory VII at:
https://bit.ly/2Px44Lt

Henry IV was thrown out of the church and therefore could not gain salvation, and entry into heaven

Henry IV could not collect taxes from the people

Henry IV had to choose a new Pope for the church

Henry IV took over as leader of the church

6. Christians traveling long distances to visit Jerusalem (where Jesus Christ was killed), or other holy sites, were said to be going on a _____________. *

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sacrament

monastery

pilgrimage

theology

7. The city of Jerusalem came under the control of Muslims in the seventh century. This led to a series of crusades, where Christians tried to recapture Jerusalem. Jerusalem is considered to be a holy city by which religious group? *

1 point

'Crusades' means a series of religious wars launched against Muslims by European Christians.
Jerusalem today, remains a popular destination for religious and non-religious travelers alike:
https://www.andrey-andreev.com/en/pilgrimage-jerusalem/

Jews

Christians

Muslims

all of the above

8. Gargoyles on Gothic cathedral roofs were carved in the shapes of hideous beasts. During medieval times, some people thought gargoyles were placed there to... *

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...call the chruchgoers to services

...scare away the devil and other evil spirits

...attract birds so they would have a place to rest

...warn people that if they did not obey the church teachings, they would be caught by the devil and the other evil spirits

9. As the church and universities began to provide opportunities for learning, students would listen to their teachers read books to them, rather than having their own copies, and reading themselves. Why was this? *

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A scribe at work, from an illuminated manuscript from the Estoire del Saint Graal, France (Royal MS 14 E III c. 1315 – 1325 AD. Courtesy of http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/)
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/ancientbooks/2016/05/24/medieval-book-production-and-monastic-life/

because books were cheaply made

books were rare (few people had them), and had to be copied by hand, often by monks in a monastery, which could takes months, for just one book

many books of the time had typing errors

all of the above

10. Thomas Aquinas, an Italian scholar, believed... *

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https://thegreatthinkers.org/aquinas/biography/

in the concept of Natural Law, which stated that an order was built into nature

that no conflict existed between reason (thinking) and faith (belief in God)

that the teachings of the ancient Greeks, and Christian leaders of his day, agree, and could work together

all of the above

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