Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
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When Jesus began to preach, he traveled in
A) | Rome. | C) | Palestine. | B) | Greece and Asia
Minor. | D) | Constantinople. |
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2.
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To help people understand his teachings, Jesus told them in
the form of stories, called
A) | scriptures. | C) | gospels. | B) | parables. | D) | disciples. |
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3.
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The Jews hoped for the coming of a messiah who
would
A) | start a new religion. | C) | save them from
Roman rule. | B) | help them leave
Egypt. | D) | convert the common people. |
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4.
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Jesus' followers believed that his death and
resurrection showed that Christians would
A) | be forgiven their sins. | C) | overthrow the
Roman Empire. | B) | convert other
people. | D) | return to Earth after death. |
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5.
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The apostle Paul was the first to teach Christianity
to
A) | Jews outside Palestine. | C) | non-Romans. | B) | Roman
officials. | D) | non-Jews. |
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Which of these characteristics of the Roman Empire hurt,
rather than helped, the spread of Christianity?
A) | Most Romans spoke either Latin or
Greek. | B) | The emperor had to be publicly worshiped as a
god. | C) | Pax Romana made travel safe throughout the
empire. | D) | Poor and enslaved people welcomed
Christianity. |
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7.
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The first Roman emperor to become a Christian
was
A) | Constantine I. | C) | Augustus. | B) | Diocletian. | D) | Augustine. |
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8.
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The organization of the early Christian church was based
on
A) | Greek democracies. | C) | the Roman
Empire. | B) | Jerome's Vulgate. | D) | the kingdom of
Carthage. |
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9.
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When the Christian church split in 1054, the leader accepted
by Latin-speaking Christians was
A) | patriarch of Constantinople. | C) | the apostle Paul. | B) | archbishop of
Rome. | D) | the emperor Theodosius. |
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10.
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A Christian scholar named Benedict is remembered
for
A) | translating the Bible into Latin. | B) | advising Christians to become hermits. | C) | establishing rules for monks in monasteries. | D) | setting up the first Eastern Orthodox convent. |
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Completion
Complete each statement.
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Paul helped make Christianity a world religion by preaching
to Jews and ____________________ alike.
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12.
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Although Christianity first appealed to the poor and
enslaved, the religion soon began to appeal to people from all ____________________.
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13.
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Early Christians organized the churches using the
Roman
____________________ as a model.
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14.
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____________________ were people who lived and prayed in
isolated areas.
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15.
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The Latin-speaking Christian churches became the
____________________ Church.
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16.
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The Greek-speaking Christian churches became
the
____________________ Church.
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement
below. A) | scriptures | F) | heresy | B) | patriarchs | G) | parish | C) | gentiles | H) | abbot | D) | diocese | I) | apostles | E) | missionary | J) | convents |
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Religious communities for Christian women
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18.
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Person who spreads religious beliefs to
others
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19.
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Term applied to anyone who is not Jewish
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20.
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Sacred writings of any religion
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21.
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The people chosen by Jesus to spread his
teachings
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22.
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Person who heads a monastery
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23.
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Term for a local church in early
Christianity
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24.
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Doctrines that church authorities disapprove
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25.
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Church division made up of several parishes
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26.
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Five leading archbishops in the early Church
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Short Answer
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27.
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How did the Roman empire assist in the Spread of Christianity? How did it slow
down the spread of Christianity?
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28.
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What are the basic teachings of Jesus and the Christian Faith?
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29.
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How did Christianity go from being an outlawed religion, to the state religion
of the Roman Empire?
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30.
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Why did Christianity appeal to the poorer classes and slaves in the Roman
Empire?
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