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- 1. Multiple Choice
What role did the monks in monasteries play in Europe during the Middle Ages?
They encouraged people to live extravagantly.
They preserved sacred Islamic writings and knowledge.
They preserved sacred Christian writings and knowledge.
They reused to help the sick and less fortunate.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What cultural role did the Roman Catholic Church play in peoples' lives during the Middle Ages?
It gave them jobs and they earned a paycheck.
It gave them a common bond and offered them stability.
It gave them military training and weapons to defend themselves.
It did not play any cultural role in peoples' lives.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What were some activities that occurred in medieval monasteries?
hand-copying of the Bible
caring for the ill
education of boys for priesthood
creating pottery
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which leader decreed that monasteries should educate boys to prepare them for priesthood
John Knox
Martin Luther
Charlemagne
King John
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a way monasteries influenced the communities around them?
They offered land and protection in exchange for loyalty and military service.
They converted villagers to Islam and Judaism.
They fed the poor and nursed sick people.
They worked the farmland of vassals in exchange for wages.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true about the first universities in Europe?
The universities taught in English, the language of the Church.
The universities grew from monastic schools and most students earned theology degrees.
The universities taught math and science learned from Muslims.
The universities were originally built to teach girls about reading.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Community life in western Europe during the Middle Ages centered on
town hall.
the church.
the theater.
school.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a main activity of a monastery?
training young men to become knights
providing defense for the local manor
providing safe places for travelers to stay
educating all the children in a village
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a main reason why the clergy were recorders and advisers to kings?
They made all the people obey.
They owned most of the land.
They were honest and wise.
They could read and write.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Who is the leader of the Catholic Church?
president
king
pope
samurai
- 11. Multiple Choice
In order to raise funds, the churches began selling ___________________ - a pardon (or forgiveness) of a sin.
annulment
indulgence
anabaptist
clergy
- 12. Multiple Choice
How did the Roman Catholic Church become wealthy and powerful?
Townspeople paid tithes, or 10% of their income, to the Church
Wealthy landowners gave land to the Church.
Townspeople paid for indulgences, a document that proclaimed forgiveness of sins.
All of these responses are correct.
- 13. Multiple Choice
The church even confirmed kings on their throne giving them the "belief that God chose you to rule." What is this called?
natural selection
division of labor
divine right
indulgences
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