Question

Describe how Greco-Roman civilization influenced society and culture in Europe during the Middle Ages.

A. Greco-Roman civilization influenced Europe during the Middle Ages to use Arabic numerals and speak vernacular languages.
B. Greco-Roman civilization influenced Europe during the Middle Ages in the use of reason in philosophy and the worship of Greco-Roman deities.
C. Greco-Roman civilization influenced Europe during the Middle Ages in its decision to undertake the Great Schism.
D. Greco-Roman civilization influenced Europe during the Middle Ages in law, government, art, language, and knowledge.

Answer 1

Correct answer: D.

Explanation (brief):
Greco-Roman civilization shaped medieval Europe in many concrete ways — Roman law and administrative ideas influenced medieval legal systems and governance (and later the civil-law tradition); Latin language became the language of the Church, law, and learning and gave rise to the Romance languages; classical art, architecture, and motifs informed medieval styles and later revival movements; and Greek and Roman learning (philosophy, science, medicine, rhetoric) — preserved in Byzantium and the Islamic world and transmitted to the West — provided the intellectual foundation for medieval education (trivium/quadrivium) and scholastic thought.