Agriculture
Which two animals pulled the infamous heavy-wheeled plow?
Horses & Oxen
Who was the first bishop of Rome?
Peter
Which man spent 37 years atop a pillar?
Simeon the Stylite
Who formed the most common form of Western monasticism?
Benedict
What were the monks experts at that caused them to gain political power?
Agriculture
Which crop rotation system allowed for maximum efficiency of food production?
Three field system
Which group was Gregory the Great tasked with organizing a military defense against?
Lombards
Which man became a hermit as a teenager and later emerged to build his first monastery at 20 years old?
St. Benedict
Who formed the most common form of Eastern Monasticism?
Basil
Who is the patron saint of Ireland?
St. Patrick
As women moved out of the fields and into the home, which product did they begin to produce an abundance of?
Cheese!
Which doctrine did Pope Leo I change the Church to?
Catholic
Which hermit lived for 20 years in Egypt and later built monasteries and adopted a communal lifestyle?
St. Anthony
Which term refers to communal living and quite literally means "living in common"?
Cenobitic
Which woman made Augustine of Cantebury's attempt to convert Kent to Christianity extremely easy?
Bertha
What did historians label as the greatest achievement of the early Middle Ages?
Single-Family Peasant Farm
Which two groups did Pope Leo I successfully negotiate with?
Huns and Vandals
What does monk quite literally mean?
Single/solitary
Where did St. Benedict create his first monastery?
Monte Cassino
Which writing rooms did monks write down laws and Vulgate Bibles?
Scriptoria
As the Great Migration ended which kingdom ended up overtaking the rest of the heptarchy?
Northumbria
What was the name of Gregory the Great's father who amassed a large fortune and passed it on to his son?
Gordianus
What is the term for one who flees society in order to devote oneself to worship?
Ascetic
What saved St. Benedict from his second assassination attempt?
Raven [Moment of silence for Baltimore :(]
Which group in the Netherlands underwent a gradual conversion by the Benedictines?
Frisians