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SHS BENSON
MA-THE CHURCH
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History
9th Grade
03/02/2008

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Monastery
Definition

During the Middle Ages, where did monks live?

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Pilgrimage
Definition
When people make a trip to a religious site, the trip is known as a ______________.
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Excommunicated
Definition
When the Pope declares a person to be outside the church, cut off from all Chrisitians, that person is said to be _________________.
Term

Set up hospitals

Copied ancient books

Established inns

Definition

List three important contributions by Medieval monks.

Term

The Flying Buttress

Definition
During the Middle Ages, what advance in engineering made it possible to build such tall cathedrals?
Term
Decorating written manuscripts with pictures or design.
Definition

What was the art of "illumination"?

Term

Pilgrims

Definition
During the Middle Ages, Christians who made trips to visit holy places were known as ____________.
Term
Nuns
Definition

During the Middle Ages religious women who left their homes to live together in order to save their souls were known as ______________.

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Monks
Definition
During the Middle Ages, men who left home to live together away from worldly temptation; taking a vow of obedience, poverty and chastity were known as __________.
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Scriptorium
Definition

During the Middle Ages, Monks copied books in a place called a ________________.

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Scribe
Definition
Someone who writes is known as a __________.
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Monastaries
Definition
Monks live in ________________.
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Convents or Nunneries
Definition
Nuns live in ___________________.
Term
An item that is old and has meaning to a person or persons.
Definition

What is a relic?

Term
Chair of the Bishop
Definition

 

What does the word "cathedra" mean?

Term
Cross
Definition
Cathedrals are typically built in the shape of a ____________.
Term
So that people would look up to the heavens.
Definition

During the Middle Ages, why were cathedrals built so tall?

Term

God was angry with him or her.

Definition

People believed in the Middle Ages, that if a person got sick it was because ________________.

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Stained Glass Windows
Definition
What was one of the works of great art produced during the Middle Ages and found in cathedrals?
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