Religion Study Guide
The first section of the quiz will be a vocabulary and multiple choice section. This will be taken without help from the packet. You should study the Jeopardy questions to help prepare for the quiz. If you know all the answers in the game, you should do well on the quiz.
The second section of the quiz will contain essay question. You may use the packet for this section of the quiz but it will be timed so you need to effectively use the packet to aid you in answering the questions. Use the big idea topics found at the end of the quiz to prepare for the essay section.
Block B- Monday
Block G- Tuesday
Notes: Study the following questions to prepare yourself for the quiz. The answers are written in BOLD print.
Religion Jeopardy
Witch Hunt
100- For you to be taken to trial, there needs to be this number of witnesses to have evidence against you A: two
200-Witches were thought to worship this evil entity A: The Devil
300-This is the name of the court to find and prosecute witches
A; Holy Inquiisition
400-These are 3 ways the accused were tested for witchcraft A: Presence of small animals, floating in water, burning hand with hot iron, presence of pagan charms, torture until they confessed because it drove out devil and allowed them to tell truth, tied in uncomfortable position without food and water ( if survived, obvious assistance of devil)
500- Daily Double: People who follow other religions other than Christianity are called pagans or this A: heretics
History
100-This was approximately when Christianity began A; 30 AD
200- Christianity began on this small province of the Roman Empire A: Judea
300- In the early 300s, Christianity spread because this happened in the Roman Empire A: Christianity was made the official religion of Empire
400- The term Christians means this A: Followers of Christ
500- Give three reasons why people may have chosen to become Christians A; Fear of being an outcast It offered a better afterlife (heaven) Earn favor of the church They lived in poverty and needed faith in a higher power They actually believed in the teachings
Power of Church
100- People paid this percentage of their earnings to the church
A: 10%
200- This is the word for a payment made to the church A: Tithe
300- This is when you are removed from all the connections to the church
A: excommunicated
400- The hierarchy of the church is priest, bishop, ______, cardinal and finally the Pope A: Archbishop
500- The church used Christianity as a form of _____ to spread the opinion and beliefs that fighting the holy war was the correct action A: propaganda
Crusades
100 There were this many different crusades A: seven
200 The crusades lasted around this many years A: 175 years
300 What did the Pope promised the crusaders A: Forgiveness for all their sins They would go to heaven
400- In the end, this Moslem leader agrees to let Christians visit the holy land
A: Sultan Saladdin
500- This is the year that the Turks took over the Holy Land and prohibit the Christians to visit A; 1095
Daily Life
100- This particular group of people lived in a self-sufficient community based around the devotion to God A: monks
200- These journeys to the holy land were often uncomfortable and dangerous
A: pilgrimages
300- This is the term given to monks who travel to spread the teachings of Christianity A: Friars
400- A small community controlled by the lord of the estate is called A: fief & manor
500- This was the punishment given to Sarah of Cottage Mill for working on the Sabbath A: Whipping
OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:
- Reasons the church obsessed over witch hunt
- Reasons people joined crusades
- The evolution of Christianity (start,,,spread..decline..etc.)
- How the church uses propaganda to gain power
- Positive effects of the crusades on Medieval Europe
- Factors that made witch hunt so severe
