Culture and the Church

What is habeas corpus?

• An order that a jailed person must see a judge about whether or not they should be in jail

• The right to free speech of a jailed person

• The right for people to be fed while in jail

• The document that limited the kings power

What king united the smaller kingdoms of England to defeat the vikings?

• Alfred of Wessex

• William the Conqueror

• King John

• Henry II

What is the Magna Carta that was signed by King John in 1215?

• A document that limited the kings power

• A document that created parliament

• A document that gave people the right of free speech

• A document that gave more rights to women

Why was Saladin successful in defeating the Europeans crusaders?

• He united the Muslim people into one fighting force

• He sent assassins to kill the European leaders

• He used a new invention called gunpowder to destroy the European catapults

• He converted many Christian soldiers to Islam by promising them land

What was the purpose of a trial jury?

• To decide if the person should be accused of a crime

• To decide whether the person on trial is innocent or guilty

• To decide whether or not the person needs to be in jail

• To decide how much money in bail the person will need to pay

Check All That Apply: What where the two major types of architecture that cathedrals and monasteries were build in during the Middle Ages?

• Romanesque

• Byzantesque

• Gothic

• Victorian

What was the name for the stone arches attached to cathedral walls that supported the ceiling and allowed for huge windows?

• Flying buttresses

• Flying Arches

• Barrel Vaults

• Vaulting Arches

Which of the following BEST describes scholasticism?

• Ideas arrived on through faith did not have to contradict ideas of reason

• Ideas of God do not need logic and only need faith

• Its followers attempted to prove God did NOT exist using logic and reason

• Its followers wanted to show that the Christian God is the only God by proving the Muslims God does not exist using logic and reason

Who was scholasticisms greatest thinker?

• Thomas Aquinas

• Bernard of Clairvaux

• Pope Urban II

• Hildegard of Bingen

In this book, the author attempted to use the ideas and logic of Aristotle with the ideas of the Church. Starting with the question "Does God Exist?", providing both sides of the argument, and then drawing conclusions.

• Sainta Auiqina

• Summa Theologica

• Physica

• Domesday Book