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21 Cards in this Set
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Why did the Roman Empire build walls on their side of the Rhine and the Danube rivers?
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To protect the empire from invasion from the Germanic tribes called barbarians.
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True or False
The powerful empire had disappeared in the West by the year 500. |
True
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The Muslim armies of Arabia were followers of ______________.
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Muhammad (570-632)
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Religious communities in remote areas where Christians gathered.
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monasteries
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Egyptian Christian who went off into the Egyptian desert to live a solitary life of prayer. Year 271.
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Anthony
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Famous Western monk who lived as an abbot or spiritual father of a small Italian monastery called Monte Cassino. Year 480-550
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Saint Benedict
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What was the one great weakness in Benedictine monasticism.
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Eash monastery was totally independent.
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Spreading the gospel to the barbarian people who lived in Europe is called
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Evangelization
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Who was responsible for spreading Christianity in Ireland and is know as the apostle of their nation?
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Saint Patrick
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Name the two greek brothers who first brought the gospel to the Slavs of eastern Europe.
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Cyril and Methodius
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Name the king of the Franks who won a great victory over a rival tribe and credited his victory to God.
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Clovis
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Name new Christian empire in the West with Europe as its center and Catholicism as its creed
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Holy Roman Empire
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Why did all of western Europe look to the pope for leadership?
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The pope was one of the few civilized leaders.
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Who was elected pope in sixth century Rome, is know as one of the Doctors of the Church, and is a man of great genius and holiness?
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Pope Gregory
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Tragic split in 1054 that occurred between the East and the West.
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Schism of 1054
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After the Schism of 1054 the churches split.
Western churches became what kind of churches? |
Western Church became Catholic Churches
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Living alone; away from the world.
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Monastery or monastic
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In 597 Pope Gregory the Great sent Augustine, a Benedictine monk from St. Andrew's monestery in Rome to convert ________________.
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Anglo-Saxtons
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Who was the Eastern Emperor after the Schism of 1054?
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Constantine or Constantinople
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Who was the Western Emperor after the Schism of 1054?
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Charlemagne or Charles the Great
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After the Schism of 1054 the churches split.
Eastern churches became what kind of churches? |
Eastern Orthodox
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