Unit 3 - Practice 2

What became important for the upper echelon of the Church rather than the spiritual needs of the Church

The practice of conferring more than one Ecclesiastical office on one man is called what

What is famine

The group of people who practiced a self-inflicted penance for everyone’s sins were called what

During the Middle Ages, how many times could an average person experience a famine in their lifetime

Alexander VI had how many children as pope

The poor normally ate what

The receipt from the Church of absolution from the temporal suffering necessitated by sin is called what

A benefice is a what

Geographically the Church had problems to contend with all these issues except

Many priests in the countryside were what when it came to education

Ring Around the Rosy may be about what

During the Black Death, who were massacred in 1348 and 1349 being accused of causing the plague

The Pope in the summer of 1348 sat next to a blazing hot fire for what reason

During the Late Middle Ages, the monks could not help reform the Church because of what

Between 1450 – 1520 in Geneva, Ducal princes were bishops and 2 of them were how old when they were made bishops

In the Middle Ages, how prevalent was malnutrition

Nobility held the highest offices in the Church and they conferred parishes, dioceses, and religious houses to family

One consequence of starvation and poverty was the susceptibility to what

Some bishops never saw the dioceses under their charge is called what

Because they did not understand the biology of the disease, many people believed that the Black Death was what

Releasing a petitioner from the requirements of canon law (normally through payments) are called what

The selling of Church offices or spiritual goods is called what

It is estimated that around how many people died from the plague in the Middle Ages

The Black Death infects whom

Reasons given for what people thought caused the Black Death include all the following except