Answer:
This perception is accurate.
The Middle Age was the period between the 6th and 15th centuries. While the ancient European core area was already influenced by Christianity, the remaining pagan areas of Europe were Christianized in the Middle Ages. In this way, Christianity obtained an unusual political and economic power, which allowed it to impose its ideology on the entire European society of the time, shaping thought and therefore politics during those years.
The predominant form of society and economy in the Middle Ages was feudalism. The main features of this time were a society organized according to class, a worldview determined by Christianity, Christian science and literature, architecture, art and culture, and Latin as a common, overarching educational language.
Answer:
a. Explorers during this period went to the New World in search of scarce resources.
Explanation:
Thomas Moore's "Utopia" is a fictional and a socio- political satire on the fictional picture of an imaginary island where there is a perfect governmental authority. As the name suggests, "Utopia" means a fictional world where the government, the religious aspects as well as the social community is perfect and everything is as it should be.
The given excerpt is from the section titled "Of The Travelling of The Utopians" where Moore talks of how men is by nature greedy for gold and silver but it is the lesser metals like iron that are more important for living and survival, "<em>for men can no more live without iron than without fire or water</em>". This excerpt can be best understood with the historical fact that explorers in the past went to the New World looking for scare resources such as gold and silver, which are considered more valuable than other metals.
The answer is the 4th phrase.
