Eighth Grade: Church History Review
N & D:______________________
1.
The Council of Jerusalem
a. wrote the Apostle’s Creed
b. allowed gentiles to become Christian without converting first to Judaism
c. addressed the concerns of the Reformation
2.
Who was the first martyr?
a. Stephen
b. Peter
c. Paul
3.
Define Gnosticism: _________________________________________________________________
4. Which of the following was one of the Church’s responses to Gnosticism
a. began the Inquisitions
b. collected the books of the New testament
c. wrote the first creed
d. b and c
5. The Roman Emperor Constantine ended persecution of Christians with the
a. Council of Trent
b. Council of Nicea
c. Edict of Milan
d. Great Western Schism
6.
Matching: Fourth Century
_____ living secluded from the world according to a fixed rule and under vows
_____ Heresy which questioned divinity of Jesus, addressed by the Church at the
Council of Nicea
_____ Belief that Mary is the mother of God, celebrated January 1
_____ The union of the divine and human natures of Jesus
_____ One of the first doctors of the Church, also a Latin Father of the Church
_____ Known by the Apostles or their successors, Ignatius of Antioch was one
_____ Anyone who defends the Christian faith
7.
During the Dark Ages, monasteries were vital because they
a. allowed the monks to evangelize throughout Europe
b. preserved learning and culture
c. they were a place of work and prayer for many holy men
d. all of the above
8.
The Father of Monasticism who created a life build around work and prayer was
a. St. Augustine
b. St. Benedict
c. St. Francis
9.
Which of the following statements about the Eastern Schism is NOT true?
a. It resulted in the creation of the Eastern Orthodox Church
b. The main cause was the primacy of the pope
c. Began with the Avignon Papacy
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a. Apostolic Fathers
b. apologists
c. monasticism
d. Arianism
e. Theotokos
f. hypostatic union
g. St. Augustine
10. Matching: High Middle Ages
_____ The laws of the Church
_____ The rigid political and social order where serfs worked the land for lords.
_____ Called the Crusades to recover the Holy Lands
_____ Traveling clergy who shared the faith through poverty and simple life
_____ Wrote Summa Theologica
_____ The corrupt act of buying and selling religious things
_____ Official Catholic court that examined charges of heresy.
_____ The corrupt act of lay people appointing clergy.
a. feudalism
b. simony
c. lay investiture
d. canon law
e. Urban II
f. Mendicant orders
f. Inquisition
g. St. Thomas
Aquinas
11. What was the impact of the Bubonic plague?
a. Greatly reduced the population of Europe
b. Led to the Great Western Schism
c. Increased the number in the monastic life
d. All of the above
12. The invention of the printing press was important because it
a. resulted in the growth of monasteries
b. greatly increased access to the Bible for the common man
c. allowed the church to counter the Protestant Reformation
13. Matching: Protestant Reformation and Counter Reformation
_____ Created the Anglican Church because the Pope would not grant his divorce
_____ Wrote the 95 thesis
_____ Taught Double Predestination: all people predestined for heaven or hell
_____ Cared for the poor and took the gospel to the rural areas
_____ The Church’s response to the Reformation.
14. Which groups of missionaries accompanied explorers to the New World?
a. Franciscans
b. Dominicans
c. Benedictines
d. All of the above
e. a and b
15. Because of his trips to the far east, St. Xavier is the Patron saint of
a. China
b. Missions
c. Native Americans
16. The belief that God created the world and then left it completely alone is called
a. Gnosticism
b. Aryanism
c. Counciliarism
d. Deism
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a. Martin Luther
b. John Calvin
c. Henry VIII
d. Council of Trent
e. Vincent de Paul
17. This saint is known as the little flower and called for sanctity through everyday life
a. St. Katherine Drexel
b. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
c. St. Therese of Lisieux
d. St. Kateri Tekakwitha
18. This saint was canonized in 2012 as the most recent North American Saint.
a. St. Katherine Drexel
b. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
c. St. Therese of Lisieux
d. St. Kateri Tekakwitha
19. The First Vatican council, called by Pius IX, is important because it
a. resisted the Protestant Reformation
b. defined infallibility
c. rewrote the translation of the Mass
20. St. Pope Pius X is famous for encouraging
a. Frequent reception of Communion
b. Children to receive communion earlier
c. Called for active participation by the laity in the Mass
d. All of the above
21. In 1531, Mary appeared to an Indian peasant in Mexico. We celebrate this as
a. Our Lady of Lourdes
b. Our Lady of Guadalupe
c. Our Lady of Fatima
22. The saint that spent half her life teaching in the Midwest and is the patron saint of Native Americans is
a. St. Katherine Drexel
b. St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
c. St. Therese of Lisieux
d. St. Kateri Tekakwitha
23. The first American Bishop was
a. John Carroll
b. John Neumann
c. Charles Borromeo
d. Maximilian Kolbe
24. The first person to found a catholic school in the United States was
a. St. Katherine Drexel
b. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
c. St. Therese of Lisieux
d. St. Kateri Tekakwitha
25. The saint who embraced poverty and worked closely with St. Francis of Assisi was
a. St. Therese of Lisieux
b. St. Clare
c. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
d. St. Monica
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26. The saint who gave away her entire fortune to help African and Native Americans was
a. St. Katherine Drexel
b. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
c. St. Therese of Lisieux
d. St. Kateri Tekakwitha
27. The founder of the first Diocesan school system in the United States was
a. John Carroll
b. John Neumann
c. Charles Borromeo
d. Maximilian Kolbe
28. The saint that was martyred in a World War II concentration camp was
a. John Carroll
b. John Neumann
c. Charles Borromeo
d. Maximilian Kolbe
29. The church working towards the unity of all Christians is called
a. Counciliarism
b. Ecumenism
c. Vatican Council II
d. Evangelization
30. All of the following statements about Vatican II are true EXCEPT
a. It wanted to bring the Church up-to-date
b. It called for the mass to be in the language of the people, not Latin
c. It was called by Pope John Paul II
d. It wanted to return the Church to its ancient Christian traditions
31. Bishop Jackels’ Together Vision
a. promoted unity between all the parishes and the diocese
b. raised money for remodeling the Cathedral
c. raised money for the Katharine Drexel fund for low income schools
d. all of the above
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