Question 1

Roman law

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A) assumed the existence of universal principles. 
B) stimulated medieval jurists to organize their own legal tradition. 
C) encouraged reliance on a rational analysis of evidence. 
D) influenced church law as well as secular codes in parts of France and Germany. 
E) all of the above 
A) assumed the existence of universal principles. 
B) stimulated medieval jurists to organize their own legal tradition. 
C) encouraged reliance on a rational analysis of evidence. 
D) influenced church law as well as secular codes in parts of France and Germany. 
E) all of the above

Question 2

The hierarchical universe of the Middle Ages

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A) created in medieval individuals a sense of security. 
B) was based on the belief that men and women were strong and pious. 
C) equated humans with the angels. 
D) was broken into separate spheres of control, with humans in the lowest level. 
E) denied humans the ability to ascend to the higher world of perfection. 
A) created in medieval individuals a sense of security. 
B) was based on the belief that men and women were strong and pious. 
C) equated humans with the angels. 
D) was broken into separate spheres of control, with humans in the lowest level. 
E) denied humans the ability to ascend to the higher world of perfection.

Question 3

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
   Locate and label the institutions where the following worked or taught: St. Anselm, Peter Abelard, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Robert Grosseteste.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 4

That celestial bodies moved eternally in uniform circles was an idea of

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A) Plutarch. 
B) Archimedes. 
C) Parmenides. 
D) Aristotle. 
E) Plato. 
A) Plutarch. 
B) Archimedes. 
C) Parmenides. 
D) Aristotle. 
E) Plato.

Question 5

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Gothic

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Gothic architecture is a style of archit

Question 6

The university curriculum of the Middle Ages

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A) had an emphasis on practical skills. 
B) relied heavily on the works of Aristotle. 
C) neglected mathematics and astronomy. 
D) stressed Roman law. 
E) introduced the study of the arts. 
A) had an emphasis on practical skills. 
B) relied heavily on the works of Aristotle. 
C) neglected mathematics and astronomy. 
D) stressed Roman law. 
E) introduced the study of the arts.

Question 7

The medieval concept of courtly love involved all of the following EXCEPT

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A) a husband-wife relationship. 
B) a gentler, more respectful treatment of women. 
C) the active influence of noblewomen. 
D) eroticism condemned by the Church. 
E) the concept of a warrior as a gentleman. 
A) a husband-wife relationship. 
B) a gentler, more respectful treatment of women. 
C) the active influence of noblewomen. 
D) eroticism condemned by the Church. 
E) the concept of a warrior as a gentleman.

Question 8

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare and contrast the medieval worldview with that of Greco-Roman civilization. What accounts for the differences in perspective between the two?

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The medieval worldview and the Greco-Rom

Question 9

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the economic, social, and political vitality of the High Middle Ages contribute to the intellectual and culture revival beginning with the Twelfth-Century Awakening?

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The economic, social, and political vita

Question 10

According to the text, all of the following works expressed the medieval sense that all of reality emanated from God and was purposely arranged in a spiritual hierarchy EXCEPT

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A) The Divine Comedy . 
B) The Song of Roland . 
C) the Summa Theologica . 
D) the Gothic cathedral. 
E) Sic et Non. 
A) The Divine Comedy . 
B) The Song of Roland . 
C) the Summa Theologica . 
D) the Gothic cathedral. 
E) Sic et Non.

Question 11

While scholastics believed that reason could illuminate faith (it could, for instance, prove the existence of God), their critics found reason dangerous because it

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A) led people to question articles of faith. 
B) was a "fabricator of heresies." 
C) hindered a person's union with God. 
D) could challenge the church's authority. 
E) all of the above 
A) led people to question articles of faith. 
B) was a "fabricator of heresies." 
C) hindered a person's union with God. 
D) could challenge the church's authority. 
E) all of the above

Question 12

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 roman

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Who: The Romans
What: The Roman Empire,

Question 13

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
   Locate and label three of the following medieval centers of learning: Salerno, Cambridge, Salamanca, Grenoble, Kraków, and Prague.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 14

The Jewish Maimonides

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A) was born in Muslim Spain. 
B) tried to reconcile philosophy and religion. 
C) was respected by Christian and Muslim thinkers. 
D) achieved fame in his lifetime and became physician to the Muslim sultan in Egypt. 
E) all of the above 
A) was born in Muslim Spain. 
B) tried to reconcile philosophy and religion. 
C) was respected by Christian and Muslim thinkers. 
D) achieved fame in his lifetime and became physician to the Muslim sultan in Egypt. 
E) all of the above

Question 15

Saint Thomas Aquinas disagreed with Saint Augustine's view that

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A) philosophy could aid in faith. 
B) humanity had sinned and needed God's grace to be saved. 
C) knowledge of society and the physical world was an obstacle to true knowledge. 
D) ultimate truth comes from God. 
E) no boundary existed between the world of grace and the world of nature. 
A) philosophy could aid in faith. 
B) humanity had sinned and needed God's grace to be saved. 
C) knowledge of society and the physical world was an obstacle to true knowledge. 
D) ultimate truth comes from God. 
E) no boundary existed between the world of grace and the world of nature.

Question 16

In the realm of ideas and culture, Europe in the High Middle Ages

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A) revived almost all the learning of the ancient world. 
B) restored the dominance of rationalism in a system called scholasticism. 
C) brought back a pure form of classical architecture. 
D) nearly eliminated illiteracy. 
E) fashioned Christian teachings into an all-embracing philosophy. 
A) revived almost all the learning of the ancient world. 
B) restored the dominance of rationalism in a system called scholasticism. 
C) brought back a pure form of classical architecture. 
D) nearly eliminated illiteracy. 
E) fashioned Christian teachings into an all-embracing philosophy.

Question 17

The establishment of medieval universities required

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A) a corporation of either students or masters. 
B) an aristocratic impetus. 
C) royal supervision. 
D) commercial leaders of the town who thought students might be good for business. 
E) separate buildings and funding. 
A) a corporation of either students or masters. 
B) an aristocratic impetus. 
C) royal supervision. 
D) commercial leaders of the town who thought students might be good for business. 
E) separate buildings and funding.

Question 18

Medieval cathedrals were made possible by

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A) donations from the devout. 
B) architects and builders who sought to honor God. 
C) the collection of tolls and taxes on goods shipped to fairs. 
D) revenue raised from income-producing church properties, such as farmland, mills, and forests. 
E) all of the above 
A) donations from the devout. 
B) architects and builders who sought to honor God. 
C) the collection of tolls and taxes on goods shipped to fairs. 
D) revenue raised from income-producing church properties, such as farmland, mills, and forests. 
E) all of the above

Question 19

When Aristotle's writings were translated into Latin and reintroduced to the West

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A) church scholars accepted them enthusiastically. 
B) church scholars largely discounted them as pagan delusions. 
C) there was controversy about whether they would endanger faith. 
D) there were doubts about whether the writings were really Aristotle's. 
E) they came mainly from the Byzantines and newly rediscovered ancient collections. 
A) church scholars accepted them enthusiastically. 
B) church scholars largely discounted them as pagan delusions. 
C) there was controversy about whether they would endanger faith. 
D) there were doubts about whether the writings were really Aristotle's. 
E) they came mainly from the Byzantines and newly rediscovered ancient collections.

Question 20

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What was the relationship between intellectual activity and the church in High Middle Ages? What points of resonance and sources of tension existed, and why?

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During the High Middle Ages, the relatio

Roman law

The hierarchical universe of the Middle Ages

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the institutions where the following worked or taught: St. Anselm, Peter Abelard, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Robert Grosseteste.

That celestial bodies moved eternally in uniform circles was an idea of

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Gothic

The university curriculum of the Middle Ages

The medieval concept of courtly love involved all of the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare and contrast the medieval worldview with that of Greco-Roman civilization. What accounts for the differences in perspective between the two?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the economic, social, and political vitality of the High Middle Ages contribute to the intellectual and culture revival beginning with the Twelfth-Century Awakening?

According to the text, all of the following works expressed the medieval sense that all of reality emanated from God and was purposely arranged in a spiritual hierarchy EXCEPT

While scholastics believed that reason could illuminate faith (it could, for instance, prove the existence of God), their critics found reason dangerous because it

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? roman

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label three of the following medieval centers of learning: Salerno, Cambridge, Salamanca, Grenoble, Kraków, and Prague.

The Jewish Maimonides

Saint Thomas Aquinas disagreed with Saint Augustine's view that

In the realm of ideas and culture, Europe in the High Middle Ages

The establishment of medieval universities required

Medieval cathedrals were made possible by

When Aristotle's writings were translated into Latin and reintroduced to the West

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What was the relationship between intellectual activity and the church in High Middle Ages? What points of resonance and sources of tension existed, and why?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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Exam 11: The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

Roman law

The hierarchical universe of the Middle Ages

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the institutions where the following worked or taught: St. Anselm, Peter Abelard, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Robert Grosseteste.

That celestial bodies moved eternally in uniform circles was an idea of

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Gothic

The university curriculum of the Middle Ages

The medieval concept of courtly love involved all of the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare and contrast the medieval worldview with that of Greco-Roman civilization. What accounts for the differences in perspective between the two?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the economic, social, and political vitality of the High Middle Ages contribute to the intellectual and culture revival beginning with the Twelfth-Century Awakening?

According to the text, all of the following works expressed the medieval sense that all of reality emanated from God and was purposely arranged in a spiritual hierarchy EXCEPT

While scholastics believed that reason could illuminate faith (it could, for instance, prove the existence of God), their critics found reason dangerous because it

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? roman

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label three of the following medieval centers of learning: Salerno, Cambridge, Salamanca, Grenoble, Kraków, and Prague.

The Jewish Maimonides

Saint Thomas Aquinas disagreed with Saint Augustine's view that

In the realm of ideas and culture, Europe in the High Middle Ages

The establishment of medieval universities required

Medieval cathedrals were made possible by

When Aristotle's writings were translated into Latin and reintroduced to the West

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What was the relationship between intellectual activity and the church in High Middle Ages? What points of resonance and sources of tension existed, and why?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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