EDUC 703 QUIZ 2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which culture was most isolated in the fifteenth-century Atlantic world? - Answers -
Americas
The Niger River Valley had Islamic universities in the 15TH century. - Answers - Yes,
the Niger River Valley did have Islamic universities in the fifteenth century. These
universities played a significant role in the spread of Islamic knowledge and scholarship
during that time. Great recall!
Luther was highly critical of _____1____except for ____2_____. - Answers - 1: Aquinas,
Aristotle, Scholastics
2: Augustine
true of fifteenth-century Europe - Answers - monotheistic religions, the printing press
and relative peace
Which educational thinker had the strongest impact on Puritan education of New
England? - Answers - Calvin encouraged a school system of two tracks: one for
common people and another for the upper classes. Common schools would implement
the catechisms, basic academic skills, and literacy in the vernacular language.
Whereas, Latin grammar schools for the upper class would focus on the classics to
prepare students as leaders in the church, government, or community. Puritans brought
this system of education with them to New England in 1620 and by 1647 passed the Old
Deluder Satan Act, the first compulsory education law in the New World. This law
required towns of fifty families or more to provide a teacher for basic academic skills.
Luther proposed that city governments be responsible for maintaining schools. -
Answers - TRUE
What philosophy of education did Ignatius Loyola propagate through the missionary
efforts of the Society of Jesus? - Answers - Aquinas Scholasticism
In South America, which Spanish settlement became a hub of learning in the sixteenth
and seventeenth century, known by its universities, printing press, and economic
strength? - Answers - Lima
When King Afonso I of Kongo invited the Jesuit missionaries to his kingdom, what
religion was he already practicing? - Answers - n the early sixteenth century,
Portuguese Jesuits arrived in the Kongo at the request of the Christian King Afonso I
who had been baptized along with his father upon initial contact with the Portuguese.
Although Afonso was a Christian, his subjects were not; they remained pagan.
Which culture was most isolated in the fifteenth-century Atlantic world? - Answers -
Americas
The Niger River Valley had Islamic universities in the 15TH century. - Answers - Yes,
the Niger River Valley did have Islamic universities in the fifteenth century. These
universities played a significant role in the spread of Islamic knowledge and scholarship
during that time. Great recall!
Luther was highly critical of _____1____except for ____2_____. - Answers - 1: Aquinas,
Aristotle, Scholastics
2: Augustine
true of fifteenth-century Europe - Answers - monotheistic religions, the printing press
and relative peace
Which educational thinker had the strongest impact on Puritan education of New
England? - Answers - Calvin encouraged a school system of two tracks: one for
common people and another for the upper classes. Common schools would implement
the catechisms, basic academic skills, and literacy in the vernacular language.
Whereas, Latin grammar schools for the upper class would focus on the classics to
prepare students as leaders in the church, government, or community. Puritans brought
this system of education with them to New England in 1620 and by 1647 passed the Old
Deluder Satan Act, the first compulsory education law in the New World. This law
required towns of fifty families or more to provide a teacher for basic academic skills.
Luther proposed that city governments be responsible for maintaining schools. -
Answers - TRUE
What philosophy of education did Ignatius Loyola propagate through the missionary
efforts of the Society of Jesus? - Answers - Aquinas Scholasticism
In South America, which Spanish settlement became a hub of learning in the sixteenth
and seventeenth century, known by its universities, printing press, and economic
strength? - Answers - Lima
When King Afonso I of Kongo invited the Jesuit missionaries to his kingdom, what
religion was he already practicing? - Answers - n the early sixteenth century,
Portuguese Jesuits arrived in the Kongo at the request of the Christian King Afonso I
who had been baptized along with his father upon initial contact with the Portuguese.
Although Afonso was a Christian, his subjects were not; they remained pagan.
