Question 1

Were Christian missions in Malaysia successful?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yes, this is why Malaysia is Christian today 
B)  Yes, but it became corrupted by the slave trade 
C)  No, the Malays considered it agama orang putih (white man's religion) 
D)  No, the British refused to let the Catholic and Protestant missions cooperate and thus the Christian witness was undermined 
A)  Yes, this is why Malaysia is Christian today 
B)  Yes, but it became corrupted by the slave trade 
C)  No, the Malays considered it agama orang putih (white man's religion) 
D)  No, the British refused to let the Catholic and Protestant missions cooperate and thus the Christian witness was undermined C

Question 2

Historically, did the Catholic Church think slavery was legitimate?

Accepted Answer

A)  No, but they came to accept it as a fact of life during the colonial period 
B)  No, they saw it as a violation of the soul, though this teaching was ignored virtually everywhere 
C)  Yes, but only for non-Christians 
D)  Yes 
A)  No, but they came to accept it as a fact of life during the colonial period 
B)  No, they saw it as a violation of the soul, though this teaching was ignored virtually everywhere 
C)  Yes, but only for non-Christians 
D)  Yes D

Question 3

Why was Juan Diego Chauhtlatoazin important for the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

A)  He founded the first indigenous Catholic religious order restricted to natives 
B)  He revolutionized Aztec resistance against the Spanish for forty years 
C)  He encountered Jesus's mother as an Aztec woman 
D)  He became the first Aztec bishop in the Americas 
A)  He founded the first indigenous Catholic religious order restricted to natives 
B)  He revolutionized Aztec resistance against the Spanish for forty years 
C)  He encountered Jesus's mother as an Aztec woman 
D)  He became the first Aztec bishop in the Americas C

Question 4

What was Roberto de Nobili's strategy to convert the Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  He appealed to the upper castes as a scholar and even adopted Hindu dress 
B)  He followed St. Paul's advice to be all things to all people to show them the breadth of the gospel 
C)  He first brought medicine to the people, and then identified its healing power with the power of Christ 
D)  He learned yoga and reinterpreted it according to gospel norms 
A)  He appealed to the upper castes as a scholar and even adopted Hindu dress 
B)  He followed St. Paul's advice to be all things to all people to show them the breadth of the gospel 
C)  He first brought medicine to the people, and then identified its healing power with the power of Christ 
D)  He learned yoga and reinterpreted it according to gospel norms

Question 5

The encomienda-doctrina system had a single leader who would oversee the colonial territory and missionaries in it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What did the papal bull Inter Caetera establish?

Accepted Answer

A)  Missionary policies that tried to protect the native populations 
B)  A dividing line to indicate where Spanish and Portuguese were allowed to colonize and mission 
C)  A five-step process of converting the natives 
D)  That Rome would oversee all missionary activities 
A)  Missionary policies that tried to protect the native populations 
B)  A dividing line to indicate where Spanish and Portuguese were allowed to colonize and mission 
C)  A five-step process of converting the natives 
D)  That Rome would oversee all missionary activities

Question 7

The intent of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith was to free missions from colonial control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Propagation of the Faith demanded that missions inculturate. What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  Christians in other countries should make their faith consistent with indigenous cultural values as long as they do not contradict the faith 
B)  Missionaries had to learn the language of the people and not require Latin be used in the sacraments 
C)  Natives in other lands had to take on the cultural European values if they wanted to become Christian 
D)  The Propagation of the Faith exactly did not want Christianity to be inculturated 
A)  Christians in other countries should make their faith consistent with indigenous cultural values as long as they do not contradict the faith 
B)  Missionaries had to learn the language of the people and not require Latin be used in the sacraments 
C)  Natives in other lands had to take on the cultural European values if they wanted to become Christian 
D)  The Propagation of the Faith exactly did not want Christianity to be inculturated

Question 9

What gave the Spanish conqueror Pizarro and his men pretext to war against Incan King Atahuallpa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Atahuallpa married an Aztec princess, thus his claim as king was illegitimate 
B)  The Incan's were not Christian 
C)  Atahuallpa mocked the Eucharist 
D)  Atahuallpa threw the Bible on the ground 
A)  Atahuallpa married an Aztec princess, thus his claim as king was illegitimate 
B)  The Incan's were not Christian 
C)  Atahuallpa mocked the Eucharist 
D)  Atahuallpa threw the Bible on the ground

Question 10

According to the author, which religious traditions historically believed that if you didn't belong to it you would be damned?

Accepted Answer

A)  Christianity alone 
B)  Christianity and Islam 
C)  Islam and Buddhism 
D)  None 
A)  Christianity alone 
B)  Christianity and Islam 
C)  Islam and Buddhism 
D)  None

Question 11

What was the reason the Chinese emperor Yung-Cheng gave for suppressing Christianity?

Accepted Answer

A)  He argued a double standard, that Christian countries would never allow Chinese religious leaders into their countries to preach their doctrines 
B)  He argued that Confucius predicted the foreign devil, and concluded this was Christianity 
C)  He said that the faith was witch craft and could not allow it 
D)  He said that Christianity had failed to convince the nobles and thus failed the test of truth 
A)  He argued a double standard, that Christian countries would never allow Chinese religious leaders into their countries to preach their doctrines 
B)  He argued that Confucius predicted the foreign devil, and concluded this was Christianity 
C)  He said that the faith was witch craft and could not allow it 
D)  He said that Christianity had failed to convince the nobles and thus failed the test of truth

Question 12

Did the British economist Adam Smith think the colonization period was a success?

Accepted Answer

A)  Perhaps, but not for the natives 
B)  Certainly, particularly for the natives as they now could lose their savagery 
C)  It ironically undermined European economics even though it was good for the natives culturally 
D)  It was an economic and cultural boon for the natives 
A)  Perhaps, but not for the natives 
B)  Certainly, particularly for the natives as they now could lose their savagery 
C)  It ironically undermined European economics even though it was good for the natives culturally 
D)  It was an economic and cultural boon for the natives

Question 13

What did Pope Gregory XVI's Supremo Apostolatus articulate?

Accepted Answer

A)  It demanded missions be loyal to Rome 
B)  Offered support to missionary agendas 
C)  It unified the all Catholic Crowns' missionary agendas 
D)  It condemned slavery as an intrinsic evil 
A)  It demanded missions be loyal to Rome 
B)  Offered support to missionary agendas 
C)  It unified the all Catholic Crowns' missionary agendas 
D)  It condemned slavery as an intrinsic evil

Question 14

What did Matteo Ricci do when he went to mission in China?

Accepted Answer

A)  He publically recited the Confucian Analects, thus showing his respect for their culture 
B)  He promised that if they accepted the faith, the Spanish would not try to colonize them 
C)  He initially took on the robes of a Buddhist monk and then as a Confucian scholar 
D)  He started a monastery that resembled a Buddhist monastery 
A)  He publically recited the Confucian Analects, thus showing his respect for their culture 
B)  He promised that if they accepted the faith, the Spanish would not try to colonize them 
C)  He initially took on the robes of a Buddhist monk and then as a Confucian scholar 
D)  He started a monastery that resembled a Buddhist monastery

Question 15

What was the response of King Manuel I to reports that missionaries were abusing the Congolese?

Accepted Answer

A)  He took no action 
B)  He was appalled and replaced the missionaries 
C)  He was appalled that his authority was challenged and doubled the missionaries 
D)  He actually seemed pleased, given his open racism 
A)  He took no action 
B)  He was appalled and replaced the missionaries 
C)  He was appalled that his authority was challenged and doubled the missionaries 
D)  He actually seemed pleased, given his open racism

Question 16

The author claims that both Christianity and Islam have historically believed only those saved are members of that particular religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Once the Dutch conquered Indonesia what did they do?

Accepted Answer

A)  Made Catholicism illegal 
B)  Enslaved all of the Indonesian nobility 
C)  Enslaved many of the Indonesian lower class 
D)  Created a mixed culture of the best of Indonesia and best of Dutch culture 
A)  Made Catholicism illegal 
B)  Enslaved all of the Indonesian nobility 
C)  Enslaved many of the Indonesian lower class 
D)  Created a mixed culture of the best of Indonesia and best of Dutch culture

Question 18

The church fathers believed that good, moral, and wise people before the time of Jesus could be saved by the grace of Christ. They also believed that once Christ came one had to be Christian, thus the imperative for missions. How did they argue this? How was it framed in the medieval period? Do you think that their arguments are coherent and sound? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The church fathers argued that the grace

Question 19

The author claims that throughout history Christianity has become the most insistent proselytizing religion in the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Did Rome ever get religious control over the Portuguese and Spanish missions?

Accepted Answer

A)  No, it never tried 
B)  No, it tried in vain, but it was too weak to enforce its agenda 
C)  Yes, it cancelled the Royal Patronage system and regained control 
D)  Yes, by bribing the colonists to cede power back to the church 
A)  No, it never tried 
B)  No, it tried in vain, but it was too weak to enforce its agenda 
C)  Yes, it cancelled the Royal Patronage system and regained control 
D)  Yes, by bribing the colonists to cede power back to the church

Were Christian missions in Malaysia successful?

Historically, did the Catholic Church think slavery was legitimate?

Why was Juan Diego Chauhtlatoazin important for the Aztecs?

What was Roberto de Nobili's strategy to convert the Indians?

The encomienda-doctrina system had a single leader who would oversee the colonial territory and missionaries in it.

What did the papal bull Inter Caetera establish?

The intent of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith was to free missions from colonial control.

The Propagation of the Faith demanded that missions inculturate. What does this mean?

What gave the Spanish conqueror Pizarro and his men pretext to war against Incan King Atahuallpa?

According to the author, which religious traditions historically believed that if you didn't belong to it you would be damned?

What was the reason the Chinese emperor Yung-Cheng gave for suppressing Christianity?

Did the British economist Adam Smith think the colonization period was a success?

What did Pope Gregory XVI's Supremo Apostolatus articulate?

What did Matteo Ricci do when he went to mission in China?

What was the response of King Manuel I to reports that missionaries were abusing the Congolese?

The author claims that both Christianity and Islam have historically believed only those saved are members of that particular religion.

Once the Dutch conquered Indonesia what did they do?

The author claims that throughout history Christianity has become the most insistent proselytizing religion in the world.

Did Rome ever get religious control over the Portuguese and Spanish missions?

Introduction

The Old Testament

Jesus and the New Testament

Development of Christianity in the New Testament

Christianity Becomes a Religion

The Life of the Early Church

The Imperial Church

The Great Fathers and the Quest for Union With God

Christianitys Spiritual Life

Expansion and Change in the East and North

The Church and the Western Empire

Medieval Piety and the Rise of the Universities

The Renaissance

The Reformation

The Catholic Reformation

The Enlightenment: From Conflict to Tolerance

Christianity in the United States to the Civil War

Modern Challenges to Christianity

The Rise of Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity

Modern Faith and Future Trends

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Exam 17: Colonization and Missions

Were Christian missions in Malaysia successful?

Historically, did the Catholic Church think slavery was legitimate?

Why was Juan Diego Chauhtlatoazin important for the Aztecs?

What was Roberto de Nobili's strategy to convert the Indians?

The encomienda-doctrina system had a single leader who would oversee the colonial territory and missionaries in it.

What did the papal bull Inter Caetera establish?

The intent of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith was to free missions from colonial control.

The Propagation of the Faith demanded that missions inculturate. What does this mean?

What gave the Spanish conqueror Pizarro and his men pretext to war against Incan King Atahuallpa?

According to the author, which religious traditions historically believed that if you didn't belong to it you would be damned?

What was the reason the Chinese emperor Yung-Cheng gave for suppressing Christianity?

Did the British economist Adam Smith think the colonization period was a success?

What did Pope Gregory XVI's Supremo Apostolatus articulate?

What did Matteo Ricci do when he went to mission in China?

What was the response of King Manuel I to reports that missionaries were abusing the Congolese?

The author claims that both Christianity and Islam have historically believed only those saved are members of that particular religion.

Once the Dutch conquered Indonesia what did they do?

The author claims that throughout history Christianity has become the most insistent proselytizing religion in the world.

Did Rome ever get religious control over the Portuguese and Spanish missions?

Introduction

The Old Testament

Jesus and the New Testament

Development of Christianity in the New Testament

Christianity Becomes a Religion

The Life of the Early Church

The Imperial Church

The Great Fathers and the Quest for Union With God

Christianitys Spiritual Life

Expansion and Change in the East and North

The Church and the Western Empire

Medieval Piety and the Rise of the Universities

The Renaissance

The Reformation

The Catholic Reformation

The Enlightenment: From Conflict to Tolerance

Christianity in the United States to the Civil War

Modern Challenges to Christianity

The Rise of Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity

Modern Faith and Future Trends

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