Medieval Beginning

A place where religious people live and dedicate their lives to prayer and meditation is called a

• manor house.

• church.

• castle.

• monastery.

Geographers will most often describe Europe as

•   plain and flat.

   

• a peninsula of peninsulas.

• one big river.

• very mountainous.

What signaled the beginning of a new age in Europe, sometimes called medieval times?

• The introduction of Christianity

   

• The invention of modern printing

   

• The split of the Christian Church

• Germanic migrations to the Roman Empire

How did traveling priests and missionaries help Christianity to spread among the common people of Europe?

• They offered peasants land in exchange for converting.

   

• They told people that their rulers already had converted to Christianity.

   

• They led an army that threatened harm to anyone who did not convert.

• They spoke about their faith and tried to show that it was superior to pagan beliefs.

A religious order is a

•   list of rules followed by religions.

   

• community of men or women devoted to prayer and service and bound by certain vows.

• particular teaching of the Catholic Church.

   

• command given by the pope.

How did cutting down a sacred tree help Saint Boniface spread Christianity?

• The king of Kent, who owned the tree, converted to Christianity.

• It showed that pagan gods had no power over the missionary.

   

• He used the cut evergreen as the first Christmas tree.

   

• The tree fell upon and killed a group of pagan priests.

What did Benedict of Nursia do in response to the greed and corruption that he saw in Rome?

• He became a missionary and converted pagans.

• He led a rebellion against the emperor.

   

• He held public prayers for the city every day.

• He became a hermit and then founded a monastery

Events and people from A.D. 500 to A.D. 1500 are referred to as

• medieval.

• ancient.

•   enlightened.

   

• barbaric.

Charlemagne could be described as

• a terrible ruler who hammered down his rivals.

   

• a ruler who did not want to support learning.

• a just ruler who encouraged law and learning.

   

• a pagan ruler who was not religious.

A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides is a(n)

• peninsula.

• island.

   

• archipelago.

•   continent.