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A. Terms, People, and Places

Write a short definition for each term.
1. Benedictine Rule
2. papal supremacy
3. canon law
4. excommunication
5. interdict

B. Main Ideas
Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank provided.
6. A parish priests duties included
a. converting diverse peoples to Christianity.
b. administering sacraments and helping the needy.
c. leading pilgrimages to sacred sites throughout Europe.
d. building cathedrals dedicated to the glory of God.
7. Monks in monasteries worked as
a. farmers, missionaries, and scholars.
b. soldiers and secular rulers.
c. teachers, scholars, and archbishops.
d. traveling preachers known as friars.
8. Which statement best describes the role of the popes in the Middle Ages?
a. They were opposed to mixing spiritual and secular duties.
b. They were secular leaders who also claimed spiritual power.
c. They were spiritual leaders who also exercised secular power.
d. They always opposed reform of the Church or its policies.
9. St. Francis of Assisi and St. Dominic founded
a. cathedrals.
b. convents.
c. new towns.
d. orders of friars.
10. Why did prejudice against Jewish people increase in the late 1000s?
a. Muslim rulers were intolerant.
b. Western Europe had become more Christianized.
c. People thought that they paid no taxes.
d. They were intolerant of others themselves.