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Catholic Influence
Reforms/Learning
Crusades
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
What is a mass?
worship service
100
Why did some people think that reform was necessary in the Church?
Wealth led to carelessness among the monks and bishops. Men who were not religious often held important church posts.
100
Define crusaders.
Soldiers who fought in wars to regain the Holy Land from Muslims.
100
What is a tithe?
Payment to the church, 10% of a person's income
100
Define emir.
Muslim army leader
200
What is a cathedral?
A church headed by a bishop
200
Name two goals of Pope Gregory VII.
He wanted to rid the church of control by kings and nobles and to increase the Pope's powers over church officials.
200
Why were western Europeans of all classes to go on a Crusade?
They thought it was their duty as Christians to win back the Holy Land. The nobles wanted to acquire more land and gain glory; the peasants wanted to escape hard work.
200
What is another name for church laws?
Canon laws
200
Define unions.
Unions were groups of people joined together in a common cause especially medieval students and teachers. These led to the creation of universities.
300
Explain how the Church played a leading role in everyday life.
Religious ceremonies and holidays were vital to all people, whether nobility or not. Activities such as eating, attending church, education, medicine, and so on were all regulated by the Church.
300
What subjects were taught in cathedral schools?
grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music
300
Why were the Crusades orginally undertaken?
To reclaim the shrines in Jerusalem from the Turks.
300
What are friars?
preachers
300
Define troubadour.
poet, musician
400
What does excommunicated mean? What happened to people who were excommunicated?
Excommunication means barred as a member of the Church. People who were excommunicated lost both membership in the church and their political rights.
400
What led to the founding of universities?
People were dissatisfied with the cathedral schools because teachers held few classes, did not cover enough subjects and often were untrained.
400
What happened when the Crusaders reached Jerusalem?
They captured and looted it, killing Turks, Jews and Christians.
400
What is an order in the church?
a group of friars, or preachers
400
What effect did the Crusades have on trade?
Europeans wanted luxury goods including spices, sugar, lemons, rugs, tapestries, and richly woven cloth.
500
What happened to heretics during the Inquisition?
They were punished, tortured or killed.
500
What was the major belief of Thomas Aquinas?
He believed that faith and reason were gifts of God and did not conflict and he tried to bring them together. Reason helped people lead a good life, faith helped them find life after death.
500
What was the eventual result of the Crusades?
Muslims won and gained back all of their land.
500
What is a chancellor?
an English university head, later also a prime minister
500
Name a Yankee retiring this year. How long has he played? Hint: his number times 11
Derek Jeter who has been a Yankee for 22 years, wears the number 2 and is retiring this year.