The Roman Catholic Church in Medieval Europe

Community life in western Europe during the Middle Ages centered on?

• the arts

• the church

• the market

• the town hall

To cause a person to suffer because of his or her beliefs.

• torture

• persecute

• condemn

• clergy

Historians sometimes call the Middle Ages in western Europe the?

• Age of Art

• Age of Literature

• Age of Science

• Age of Faith

What clergy member is ranked above a cardinal?

• pope

• priest

• bishop

• archbishop

The body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church.

• clergy

• persecute

• noblemen

• alterboys

Christians who went on a pilgrimage visited?

• cardinals

• castles

• cemeteries

• holy sites

Which of the following is a sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church?

• pilgrimage

• birthday

• marriage

• graduation

Which of the following best describes the plot from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales?

• a group of monks decide to set up special guest houses for pilgrims

• a group of pilgrims travel to Canterbury on a religious pilgrimage

• a group of crusaders go on a military expedition

• a group of nuns travel to a foreign country as missionaries

Which of the following Roman emperors signed a decree allowing Christians to practice their religion freely?

• Licinius

• Caesar Augustus

• Constantine

• Julius Caesar

What was a main goal of the crusades?

• to spread Christianity to the Byzantines

• to take Jerusalem from the Muslims

• to set up monasteries in Germany

• to teach Christians how to read