Human Heritage: A World History

Chapter 25: The Church

The Church

1
Which statement about the Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages is most accurate?
A)The Roman Catholic Church and the government worked hand in hand to direct people's lives in the Middle Ages.
B)During the Middle Ages, the Church and government were separate but equal.
C)The Roman Catholic Church was the religious, but not the social, center of the village.
D)Parish priests were only concerned with religious issues.
2
The Monks of Cluny believed that ____.
A)it was not necessary to follow Church rules strictly
B)they did not need to be attentive to the poor
C)corruption in the Church was not as bad as people thought
D)only the Pope, not kings or nobles, should choose Church leaders
3
Universities developed because ____.
A)students wanted to go to schools that were not run by the Church
B)cathedral schools taught too many subjects, but none of them well
C)students and teachers were dissatisfied with cathedral schools
D)cathedral schools were too strict
4
Pope Urban II called for a Crusade in order to _____.
A)reunite the eastern and western Churches
B)drive the Muslim Turks out of Palestine
C)get people to move out of western Europe
D)free western Europeans from debts and taxes
5
A major effect of the Crusades was ____.
A)the permanent split between eastern and western Christianity
B)the Christian control of Palestine in the 1200s
C)strengthening feudalism in western Europe
D)the beginning of a dark age in western Europe in which there was a decrease in learning, trade, and the growth of towns
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