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Life in Medieval Europe

Quiz by Mac Conrad

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33 questions
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  • Q1
    What term refers to the pope and his power?
    Cathedral
    Papacy
    Bishop
    Diocese
    30s
  • Q2
    The person who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church is known as what?
    Pope
    Cardinal
    Bishop
    Priest
    30s
  • Q3
    What religion was the most wide-spread in Europe during the Middle Ages?
    Judaism
    Islam
    Christianity
    Buddhism
    30s
  • Q4
    A missionary is...
    …a person who lives in a monastery and devotes his life to God and the Church.
    …the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
    …a person who has no loyalty to a country, but is paid to fight for that country.
    … A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others
    30s
  • Q5
    The clergy is...
    ...the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
    …the church that is led by a bishop.
    …the religious leaders of a church.
    …the pope and his power.
    30s
  • Q6
    What sect of the above religion was the most wide-spread during the Middle Ages?
    Methodist
    Baptist
    Catholic
    Lutheran
    30s
  • Q7
    A cathedral is...
    ...the church headed by the Pope.
    ...a local church, headed by a priest.
    ...the church of a bishop
    ...a local church under the leadership of the people.
    30s
  • Q8
    Define excommunicate.
    To have membership in the church taken away, which includes all the rights of that membership and not being able to get to heaven
    To lose all communication with your allies.
    To lose the ability to communicate in the form of writing or verbally
    To receive forgiveness from the Pope
    30s
  • Q9
    After the fall of the Roman Empire, Christianity was concentrated in which region of Europe?
    An area concentrated in northern Europe
    The area surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea
    The islands of England and Ireland
    The western coast of Europe, along the Atlantic Ocean
    30s
  • Q10
    Pope Gregory I (also known as Gregory the Great) started to push to gain which type of power?
    He pushed for the church, and especially, the pope, to have both religious and political power.
    He only wanted to have religious power within the Catholic Church.
    He only want to have political power over the European kings.
    He believed that European kings should have both the political and religious power.
    30s
  • Q11
    Pope Gregory I (also known as Gregory the Great) started to push to gain which type of power?
    He believed that European kings should have both the political and religious power.
    He only want to have political power over the European kings.
    He only wanted to have religious power within the Catholic Church.
    He pushed for the church, and especially, the pope, to have both religious and political power.
    30s
  • Q12
    Which statement describes the effect of Charlemagne’s conquests of Europe?
    Europe developed powerful city-states
    Europe separated into two rival kingdoms
    Europe became divided into small warring states
    Europe was brought together as a single empire
    30s
  • Q13
    What was signed between the Pope and a Germanic King that stated the Pope could choose his own church officials and the King could choose his own government officials?
    Agreement of the Worms
    Treaty of Tours
    Concordat of Worms
    Tours Agreement
    30s
  • Q14
    Who fought to stop the spread of Islam throughout Europe?
    Charles Martel
    Clovis
    Pepin
    Charlemagne
    30s
  • Q15
    The land the Pepin conquered for the Pope was called what?
    The Vassal Estates
    The Pope’s Land
    The Land of the Vatican
    The Papal States
    30s

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