United States Government Vocabulary History Questions and Answers

  • Question 1 :
  • Cathedral

  • Large, important church headed by a bishop; in the shape of a cross
  • Church officials who perform religious services (priests, bishops, ministers or rabbis)
  • Attitudes, activities or other things that have no religious basis
  • Believed to be closer to God than most; believed to perform miracles during or after life
  • Question 2 :
  • Pilgrimage

  • A difficult or painful experience; a trial
  • Exclude from a church or religious community
  • The spread of cultural elements (food, language, religion, etc.) from one society to another
  • A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes
  • Question 3 :
  • secular

  • Believed to be closer to God than most; believed to perform miracles during or after life
  • Church officials who perform religious services (priests, bishops, ministers or rabbis)
  • Attitudes, activities or other things that have no religious basis
  • Large, important church headed by a bishop; in the shape of a cross
  • Question 4 :
  • Illuminated manuscript

  • A container where religious relics are stored or displayed
  • Luxurious, handmade book with painted illustrations and decorations
  • Attitudes, activities or other things that have no religious basis
  • A difficult or painful experience; a trial
  • Question 5 :
  • Ordeal

  • The spread of cultural elements (food, language, religion, etc.) from one society to another
  • Exclude from a church or religious community
  • A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes
  • A difficult or painful experience; a trial
  • Question 6 :
  • Saint

  • Church officials who perform religious services (priests, bishops, ministers or rabbis)
  • Attitudes, activities or other things that have no religious basis
  • Believed to be closer to God than most; believed to perform miracles during or after life
  • Large, important church headed by a bishop; in the shape of a cross
  • Question 7 :
  • Clergy

  • Attitudes, activities or other things that have no religious basis
  • Church officials who perform religious services (priests, bishops, ministers or rabbis)
  • Large, important church headed by a bishop; in the shape of a cross
  • Believed to be closer to God than most; believed to perform miracles during or after life
  • Question 8 :
  • Gothic architecture

  • Underground temples, obelisks and statues
  • Domes, arches, and columns
  • Statues and doric, ionic and corinthian-style columns
  • Stained-glass windows, flying buttresses, tall spires and pointed arches
  • Question 9 :
  • Monastery

  • Container where religious relics are stored or displayed
  • The form of worship most commonly used where the religious receive communion
  • A thing that remains from the past; sacred because it belonged to a saint
  • A place where religious men and women could live simply in order to dedicate their lives to God
  • Question 10 :
  • Mass

  • Container where religious relics are stored or displayed
  • A thing that remains from the past; sacred because it belonged to a saint
  • A place where religious men and women could live simply in order to dedicate their lives to God
  • The form of worship most commonly used where the religious receive communion
  • Question 11 :
  • The Black Plague

  • Disease that killed 1/3 of Europeans in middle 1300's
  • A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes
  • A difficult or painful experience; a trial
  • The spread of cultural elements (food, language, religion, etc.) from one society to another
  • Question 12 :
  • Excommunicate

  • A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes
  • The spread of cultural elements (food, language, religion, etc.) from one society to another
  • Exclude from a church or religious community
  • A difficult or painful experience; a trial
  • Question 13 :
  • cultural diffusion

  • The spread of cultural elements (food, language, religion, etc.) from one society to another
  • A difficult or painful experience; a trial
  • Exclude from a church or religious community
  • A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes
  • Question 14 :
  • Reliquary

  • Container where religious relics are stored or displayed
  • A place where religious men and women could live simply in order to dedicate their lives to God
  • The form of worship most commonly used where the religious receive communion
  • A thing that remains from the past; sacred because it belonged to a saint
United States Government Vocabulary History Questions and Answers
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