How do popes Gregory VII and Innocent III illustrate the extent of papal power and authority?

What will be an ideal response?


In your answer, briefly describe the activities of these two popes, and over whom were they directing their authority. Outline some of the individual “powers” these popes had over secular rulers in particular. What did each of these popes accomplish in terms of establishing and protecting papal power?

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In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted

a. in the South. b. in New England. c. on the frontier. d. in the middle colonies. e. in those areas controlled by Spain.

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A major objective of Prince Henry the Navigator's African projects was to

A) find the sources of Muslim gold. B) reach India by rounding Africa. C) convert the heathen. D) discover the sources of the Nile.

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How did African societies change as a result of increased contact with Europeans?

What will be an ideal response?

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Unlike Confucianism, Daoism reacted to the chaos of the Warring States period by stressing

a. hierarchy. b. inaction. c. education. d. social interaction.

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