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06/25/2009

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What did people believe would happen in the year 1000 A.D.?
Definition
The world would end.
Term
Why was Abelard's book Sic et non a bombshell for the church?
Definition
It exposed contradictions between what the church fathers were saying and what the Bible said
Term
What is the Arian heresy?
Definition
The claim that God and Jesus cannot be one and the same because God the Father would have had to come before Jesus the Son in time.
Term
According to Augustine, who was in the city of God?
Definition
Those who were faithful believers in Jesus and members of the church.
Term
According to Augustine, this is true:
Definition
In God's realm, past and future have no meaning.  All is present.
Term
According to Augustine, all of the following were true except:
Definition

a.  All events are simultaneous for God.

b. God knows about events without influencing them.

c. People have free will.

d. God knows about and influences all events.

Term
What kind of life did Augustine lead before his conversion?
Definition
A lusty life of pleasure.
Term
Which of the following describes Augustine's feelings about material possessions?
Definition

a. If the world is God's creation, it must be good.

b. Being overly concerned with the acquisition of worldly goods can turn a person away from God.

c. God gives worldly possessions to those he loves.

d. All the above.

e. A and B

Term
According to Augustine, what is the only reality?
Definition
God
Term
According to Augustine and other believers of the Middle Ages, what was the only true goal in life?
Definition
Union with God
Term
What ruling did Augustine make about the ordination of priests?
Definition
He ruled that once the church ordained a priest, his administration of the sacraments remained valid even though his actions may be reprehensible.
Term
Did Augustine accept all of the docrines of the Manicheans?
Definition
No, he could not accept the doctrines and ultimately became a skeptic, a believer in nothing.
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All the following are the cardinal points of Jesus's teachings except:

 

Definition

a. God is the creator and loving father of all mankind.

b. All peope are the children of God and all men and women are brothers and sisters.

c. You must live an ascetic life of isolated contemplation, celibacy and self-denial in order to be saved.

d. Human beings are capable of better lives than they lead.  Human inadequacies, imperfections and shortcomings can be forgiven if they are repentant

e. LIfe is eternal and death is not extinction.

Term
Who is the chief deity of Mecca?
Definition
Allah
Term
Who was considered to be France's first professional writer and an early feminist?
Definition
Christine de Pisan
Term
Which of the following was true in the Middle Ages?
Definition

a. Whenever church doctrine was inexplicable or contrary to reason, doctrine was believed and intellect denied.

b. Whenever church doctrine was inexplicable or contrary to reason, intellect was believed and doctrine was denied.

Term
The belief that an idea is real but that it does not exist either before or after a particular physical thing (reality as an idea exists only in sense-apparent objects) is known as:
Definition
The Conceptualist Position
Term
What was the official stated agenda of the Crusades?
Definition

a. To rescue the Holy Lands from its Muslim inhabitants.

b. They make Christian shrines accessible to Western pilgrims.

c. To conquer the world.

d. All the above

e. A and B

Term
The idea that Christ's death atoned for humankind's inherent guilt is known as:
Definition
The Doctrine of Christ the Redeemer
Term
Who established Courts of Love that wrote legal sounding codes of etiquette that led to a transformation from a fighting code to a human and courtly standard?
Definition
Eleanor of Aquitane
Term
What is the name of the medieval contractual arrangement by which a lord granted land to his vassal (manservant) in exchange for military service?
Definition
Feudalism
Term
The Christian belief that the Son of God became a man in the person of Jesus Christ is referred to as:
Definition
The Incarnation
Term
The doctrine of the infallibility of the church stemmed from the belief that:
Definition
The efficacy of the sacraments lay in the priestly office.
Term
Following the Middle Ages, what did the West accuse Muslims of being?
Definition
Infidels
Term
What does the word "Islam" mean?
Definition
submission
Term
How does the textbook characterize the relationship between Islam and Christianity?
Definition
Distrust, fear and open warfare
Term
Did Jesus leave any written account of his work?
Definition
No
Term
In the early stages of Islam, all able-bodied men were required to fight in the holy war.  What was this war called?
Definition
The Jihad
Term
All of the following are part of the four unique aspects of Judaism except:
Definition

a. Monotehism:  There is only one god and he came to be viewed as universal.

b. Covenant:  God chose Israel to be his people and they accepted him as their god.

c. Graven Images:  Images of God were placed in the temples.  People were there to worship the images and leave sacrifices on their alters.

d. The name God (Yahweh) was not to be taken "in vain," i.e. was not to be spoken.

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All of the following were advocated by the Mainchean religion (the religion that Augustine followed in his early years) except:
Definition

a. The belief that trust in a savior was required for salvation.

b. A dualistic belief in the powers of good and evil conflicting in the world.

c. The belief that the "elect" were required to lead a Spartan life.

d. The belief that strict celibacy was required to ensure mmediate happiness after death.

Term
What is the name for the system whereby a lord resided in his manor and gave a small parcel of land to a priest, and a strip of land to his serfs to farm?
Definition
Manorialism
Term
During the Middle Ages, Mary was seen as the possessor of all womanly virtues - warm, loving, beautiful and pure in body and soul.  Who was seen as her opposite?
Definition
Eve
Term
Which of the following led to the rise and expansion of medieval cities?
Definition

a. The increase of farm land due to the drainage of swamps.

b. The nobles' need for central military forces for quicker mobilization to fight bigger wars.

c. Increasing trade and commerce.

d. All of the above.

Term
Which of the following did women of the Middle Ages do while their husbands were away at war?
Definition

a. Elevated standards of behavior, dress and manners.

b. Introduced poetry and music to the courts.

c. Efficiently managed their estates.

d. All the above

e. A and B

Term
What does the word "Muslim" mean in Arabic?
Definition
believer
Term
Muslims believe in all of the following except:
Definition

a. Allah, who is the only God

b. The angels - Gabriel and others

c. The sacred books - Old and New Testaments, Psalms of David and the Koran

d. The prophets - Muhammad, Abraham, Noah, Moses and Jesus

e. The Messiah who will return to earth to save the world from sin.

f. Resurrection on the Day of Judgement.

g. The Qador - God's plan for the collective benefit of all mankind.

Term
Which of the following is not one of the Five Pillars of Faith for Muslims?
Definition

a. Belief in the Incarnation.

b. Fasting during the month of Ramadan.

c. Giving to the poor.

d. Pilgrimage to Mecca.

e. The obligation of five daily prayers.

Term
Kibla
Definition
The side of the mosque facing Mecca
Term
Mihrab
Definition
A niche in the wall of a mosque indicating the direction of Mecca.
Term
minibar
Definition
The high pulpit from which an Islamic preacher delivers the sermon.
Term
sahn
Definition
The ritual pool in mosque courtyards in which the faithful make their ablutions.
Term
minaret
Definition
A slender tower attached to a mosque from which a meuzzin calls the faithful to prayer.
Term
The first five books of the Bible are called the:
Definition
Pentateuch
Term
All of the following subjects were part of the quadrivium except:
Definition

a. arithmetic

b. geometry

c. astronomy

d. music

e. literature

Term
The idea that the ultimate reality is permanent, unchanging, without material substance and, according to the church, existing in the mind of God is known as:
Definition
The Realist Position
Term
According to Augustine, all of the following would be "seminal reasons for created things" except for:
Definition

a. trees

b. ideas

c. human bodies

d. animals

e. rocks

Term
What is the Shahadah?
Definition
The saying, "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet."
Term
All of the following characterize the life of the serfs except:
Definition

a. They had the bare necessities.

b. They rarely traveled beyond the manor on which they lived.

c. Education was unkown and illiteracy was the norm.

d. There was little news from the outside world.

e. If the serf outlived the lord, he inherited the lord's land.

Term
What is a social religion?
Definition
A religion where believers must demonstrate their faith through acts of love, mercy and compassion in the world.
Term
What word means "law,"teaching," and "direction?"
Definition
Torah
Term
How did the rise of cities affect trade and commerce?
Definition
Merchants set up stalls under the protection of churches and abbeys in order to sell goods.
Term
The Christian doctrine of the Father (God), Son (Jesus) and the Holy Ghost is known as:
Definition
The Trinity
Term
The trivium was composed of what three subject?
Definition
Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic
Term
Which of the following is true?
Definition

a. Medieval women were not allowed to attend universities.

b. Medieval women were allowed to attend universities.

c. Upper class medieval women were allowed to attend universities but not lower class women.

Term
How were women viewed in the Middle Ages?
Definition
Women were inferior to men and regarded as property.
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Why did people often pray to the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages?
Definition
Because they sought mercy rather than harsh judgment and it was believed that Mary could mercifully intercede for the faithful.
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