Origins and Growth of Christianity

Question 1

When Christianity began to develop as a religion, the ________ was the strongest power in the Western worlds.

Answer 1

Roman Empire

Question 2

In 63 BCE, Pompey the Great captured ___________ and brought what is modern-day Israel under Roman control.

Answer 2

Jerusalem

Question 3

The title “Christ” is based on the Greek word Christos which means”___________.”

Answer 3

Messiah

Question 4

Many Jesus’s lessons were delivered through the telling of stories called ____________.

Answer 4

parables

Question 5

True or False

A martyr is someone who suffers death rather than giving up his or her beliefs.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False

Judea was populated mostly by Hebrew people.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True or False

Jesus was betrayed by one of his disciples, a man named James.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

The Romans appointed _________as king of Judea in 39 BCE.

Answer 8

Herod the Great

Question 9

Jesus was born around the year 1 AD in ___________, a city in Judea.

Answer 9

Bethlehem

Question 10

Jesus, who was Jewish, was baptized by a Jewish prophet known as ______________.

Answer 10

John the Baptist

Question 11

Paul and and the others who traveled gained __________ were called missionaries.

Answer 11

converts

Question 12

In Egypt during the 300s, ___________started Christian monasticism in the Egyptian desert.

Answer 12

Saint Anthony

Question 13

The Emperor Constantine’s mother, ____________, was a Christian.

Answer 13

Helena

Question 14

Christianity was the official religion of Rome by __________.

Answer 14

391

Question 15

True or False

Paul, one of the Apostles, is credited with establishing Christianity in Rome.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

True or False

Christians refused to recognize the emperor as a god which caused Romans to accuse Christians of being disloyal to the emperor.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False

By 1054, the Eastern Greek Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church became united.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Paul, a Jew from _____________, who was not one of the 12 Apostles, became a Christian after Jesus appeared to him in a vision.

Answer 18

Asia Minor

Question 19

`Constantine issued the ____________, the law that ended the persecution of Christians within the Roman Empire.

Answer 19

Edict of Milan

Question 20

_______________ were communities where monks studied and prayed in an effort to dedicate their lives to God.

Answer 20

Monasteries