Final Test 2

Question 1

Christianity
* Arab Christians term is initially applied
to societies in ___

• Some Arab Christians are a more recent and are a result of ____.
• Some converted to Islam

Answer 1

Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, who trace their roots to Greek

Evangelization

Question 2

Arab Peninsula
* Christianity started in the 5th when ____ adopted the Christianity

• The most powerful Arab confederation allied to Christian Byzantium

Answer 2

Ghassanids

Question 3

Palestine & Jordan
* Christians in Palestine & Jordan are the
among the ____ Christian community
in the world.
* Christians have resided in Jordan &
Palestine since the time of _____

Answer 3

oldest

Jesus Chris, early in the 1st century AD

Question 4

Jordan
* Jordanian Christians now number at about
____ people, or ___of the population of
approximately 6,500,000 .

• Most native Christians in Jordan identify
  themselves as ___,

Answer 4

400,000 or 6%

Arabs

Question 5

Palestine
* Christian Palestinians are about ____ people

• Between 400,000 Christians live in the
  Palestinian Authority territories, most of whom
  belong to the ____

Answer 5

1 million

Orthodox

Question 6

Lebanon
* Began with the visits of Jesus to the southern
territories, where he is said to have ______

• The Taif agreement helped ____ Lebanese political parties

Answer 6

performed many miraculous healings

establish a power sharing system between the Christian and Muslim

Question 7

Maronite
* The Syriac Maronites are the largest ___

• They are also the ____ in Lebanon
• President of Lebanon MUST be Maronite

Answer 7

Eastern church in Lebanon.

largest Christian denomination

Question 8

Syria
* Estimated to be (10%) in Syria

• Syrian Christians have their own _____ like ___ and____ and inheritance based on Bible teachings

Answer 8

courts that deal with civil cases, marriage, divorce

Question 9

Iraq
* Christianity was brought to Iraq in the____
* The Christians of Iraq are considered to be one
of the ______

Answer 9

first century AD

oldest surviving continuous Christian
communities in the world(excluding Syriac groups)

Question 10

Egypt
* Most Egyptian Christians are Copts, who are mainly members of the Coptic Orthodox
* The Copts constitute the largest population of Christians in the Middle East, numbering 6-11 Million
* Estimated __% of Egyptian population

Answer 10

10%

Question 11

Arab West
* There are tiny communities of Roman Catholic, in Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and Morocco ____

• Most Christians in the Arab West are _______(3)

Answer 11

due to colonial rule

foreign missionaries, immigrant workers, and non natives.

Question 12

Judaisim
* About 1 million in places such as ___(6)
* Arab Jews (religion not ethnic group)

Answer 12

Palestine, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt

Question 13

Al-yazaydiya = Al-?iyzedya
* In Iraq and Syria

• It’s believed they are worshipers ____

Good is good by nature: Evil needs to be avoided

Satan= Evil; needs to be avoided
* Avoid the letter __ and avoid eating “lettuce”.

Answer 13

of Satan/the
peacock of the angels.

“sh”

Question 14

Sibbah
المندائیة/الصابئة)الصبة(
Four things to know about it

Answer 14

• Ibrahimic Faith
• John the Baptist
• Their book is called “ كنزربا kinzrabbah”
• Iraq & Iran

Question 15

Baha’is
* Started in ___ and _______

• Their main temple in the Arab World is in ___
• They believe in ___ and __
• The future (afterlife) is ___
• The universe ends and begins again constantly

Answer 15

Started in Iran and spread across the region

Palestine

beauty and love

unknown

Question 16

Similarites mulsim and christain arabs(3)

Answer 16

Similar culture: Share most cultural values

Arab Christians refer to God
as Allah, as an Arabic word for “God

Prayer is an important and common ritual in Christianity and Islam