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Social Studies Finals Flashcards

1
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The first European explorers came to Brazil from___?

A

Portugal

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2
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Scientist hope to use the rare plants of Amazonia to develop new _____?

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medicines

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True or False: The Jesuit missionaries of Salvador de Bahia enslaved the native population.

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False

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Brasilia, located in the Highlands region of Brazil, is well known for its ___ architecture.

A

futuristic

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5
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What natural resource would Brazil need to import from other countries?

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oil

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6
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Iguacu Falls helps Brazil’s economy by ____.

A

attracting tourist

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7
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Bolivia’s Altiplano region is known _____.

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to be heavily populated

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8
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True or False: Hydrofoils have replaced reed boats as the main carriers of cargo and passengers on Lake Titicaca.

A

True

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What has changed from a symbol of oppression into a Bolivian symbol of cultural pride?

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The bowler hat

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10
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The least-populated area of Bolivia is ____.

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the Highland Valley

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What extreme type of action has tried to stop the democratic government of Bolivia?

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military coups

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12
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What is buried in the cornerstones of most buildings in Bolivia to bring good luck?

A

a dried llama fetus

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13
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What major Bolivian export took the place of silver in the early 1800s?

A

Tin

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14
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What makes the highland valleys of Sucre and Cochabamba ideal places to live in Bolivia?

A

The Climate

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15
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Some people believe that Tiahuanaco may be the _____ city in the world.

A

Oldest

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16
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Chile is South America’s _____ Country.

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Longest

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17
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What has provided upward mobility for many middle-class and some lower-class Chilean citizens?

A

Secondary education

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18
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How did Augusto Pinochet become the leader of Chile?

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through a military coup

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19
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True or False: Through Chile grows many of its own vegetables, some must be imported from other countries.

A

False

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20
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Empanadas are Chile’s version of _____.

A

Fast food

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21
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What does the long coastline allow Chile to be?

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One of the top ten fishing regions

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22
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Why is Puerto Montt so important for travel to the far southern region?

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It is impossible to travel the route by land

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23
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Why have so many Germans immigrated to the Lake District of Chile?

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The region has many similarities to their homeland

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24
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Through Paraguay and Uruguay are different in many ways, they have similar ____.

A

Landscapes

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25
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“Gaucho” is another word for _____.

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Cowboy

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26
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Why did the Jesuit priests organize the Guarani Indians into townships?

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to protect them from slave traders

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27
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Why is nearly 95 percent of the population of Paraguay mestizo?

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Spanish settlers were encouraged to take Indian wives

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28
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The Itaipu Dam will make Paraguay the world’s leading exporter of ______.

A

Electricity

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29
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What is the biggest reason Paraguay is one of South America’s least industrialized nations?

A

Lack of good transportation

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30
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Unlike most other Latin American nations, only 66 percent of the people of Uruguay claim to be ____.

A

Roman Catholics

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31
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The permanence of institutions in Uruguay is demonstrated by _____.

A

Having the longest tradition of democratic government in South America

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32
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True or False: The main base of Uruguay’s economy comes from tourism.

A

False

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33
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Both Paraguay and Uruguay share a similar economic problem. What is it?

A

Their Small Size

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34
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_____ is South America’s largest counrty.

A

Brazil

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35
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_____ is South America’s largest city and is the third-largest city in the world.

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Sao Paulo

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_____ has the world’s largest deposit of platinum and supplies 90% of the world’s emeralds.

A

Colombia

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37
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The ____ are 600 miles west of Ecuador and are located directly on the Equator.

A

Galapagos Islands

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38
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True or False: The capital and largest city of Uruguay is Asuncion.

A

False

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39
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True or False: About 80% of Colombia’s export income is from flowers.

A

False

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40
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True or False: The Andes Mountains contain many valuable minerals, including copper, gold, iron ore, silver, and zinc.

A

True

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41
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True of False: Galapagos is the Spanish word for tortoise.

A

True

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42
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Brazil borders all but two South American Countries, ____ and ____.

A

Chile, Equador

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43
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The southern part of Argentina is a high plain named ____.

A

Patagonia

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44
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____ is the name given to a large part of the population who are descendants from the Native Americans, the Spanish, and the Portuguese.

A

Mestizo

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45
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The ____ is used for transportation, hauling heavy loads, wool and meat.

A

Llama

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46
Q

The capital of the Inca Empire was called ____.

A

Cuzco

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47
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South America is made up of ____ countries and ____ dependencies.

A

12, 2

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48
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True or False: The South American countries continued to be colonies of European nations until they achieved independence beginning in the early 1800s

A

True

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49
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True or False: Portuguese is the official language of most of South America.

A

False

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50
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True or False: Over 5,000 species of birds live in South America.

A

False

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51
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True or False: The Incas developed terrace farming and a large system of roads.

A

True

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52
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Over 90% of the population of South America follow the ____ ____ religion.

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Roman Catholic

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53
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____ ____ led the Spanish invaders against the Incas.

A

Francisco Pizarro

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54
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The ____ ____ is the largest and second longest river in the world.

A

Amazon River

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55
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The ____ nearly bisects the continent of South America.

A

Tropic of Capricorn

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56
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____ is the world’s highest navigable lake at an altitude of 12,500 feet.

A

Titicaca

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57
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The South American region near the equator has a ____ climate.

A

Tropical

58
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True or False: South America is connected to Central and North America at the Isthmus of Panama.

A

True

59
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True or False: The majority of the continent of South America has an Highland climate.

A

False

60
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True or False: The Andes make up the world’s longest mountain range.

A

True

61
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True or False: South America is known for its vast rain area, especially along the Andes Mountains.

A

False

62
Q

The world’s highest waterfall is ____ ____ in ____.

A

Angel Falls, Venezuela

63
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In some parts of South America’s ____ ____, no rainfall has ever been recorded.

A

Atacama Desert

64
Q

The ____ armies brought the Black Death to China and then to the rich Italian trading city of Caffa, located on the Black Sea.

A

Mongol

65
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The ____ was also known as the Black Death.

A

Bubonic Plauge

66
Q

Using ____, the Mongols threw dead plague victims over the city walls of Caffa.

A

Catapults

67
Q

A small group of Italian sailors escaped Caffa and sailed back to ____ taking the bubonic plague with them.

A

Genoa

68
Q

True or False: The Bubonic plague had two forms, one infecting the victim’s blood and the other infecting the victim’s lungs.

A

True

69
Q

True or False: Many records suggest that the Black Death killed about one-third of Europe’s population in the 1300s.

A

True

70
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True or False: The Black Death spread quickly and easily throughout Europe and Asia because of the fleas from infected dogs.

A

False

71
Q

Before the plague, Europe was still a ____ society and as the labor force began to shrink, it began to fall apart.

A

Feudal

72
Q

Some people believed that the plague was a punishment from ____.

A

God

73
Q

The Black Death affected the ____, ____, and ____ systems of Europe.

A

Social, Political, Economic

74
Q

Why does the sun rise and set at six o’ clock every day, 365 days a year?

A

Because it is on the equator

75
Q

True or False: Petroleum makes up the bulk of Ecuador’s production an income.

A

False

76
Q

The southern part of the ____ region of Ecuador is arid desert.

A

Costa

77
Q

What is slowly forcing the Indians of Ecuador from their native lands?

A

Modern Civilization

78
Q

What is the official language of Ecuador?

A

Spanish

79
Q

What feature makes it easy to figure out which tribe an Otovalo Indian belongs?

A

Their Hats

80
Q

Half of Ecuador’s population is employed in ____.

A

Agricultural Work

81
Q

How did Ecuador solve its transportation problem between the Sierra ant the Costa?

A

It built a railroad

82
Q

The Galapagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin to formulate his theory of ____.

A

Evolution

83
Q

Peru is located in which region of South America?

A

The western region

84
Q

The wooden balconies of Lima’s colonial buildings, several centuries old, have not rotted away. What is the reason?

A

The dry coastal climate

85
Q

True or False: The Incas built terraces on steep slopes to make it easier to grow crops.

A

True

86
Q

Peru’s transportation system is limited by its ____.

A

Geography

87
Q

What makes Iquitos a unique city in Peru?

A

It can be reached only by air or water

88
Q

The Jivaro tribes were popularized in Hollywood movies for their ____.

A

Poison blowguns

89
Q

Lake Titicaca is the ____ navigable lake in the world.

A

highest

90
Q

In the 1920s, Peru gained a freedom that the United States has always enjoyed. Which freedom is it?

A

Freedom of religion

91
Q

Which fabled “lost city” was the center of Incan religion?

A

Machu Picchu

92
Q

In the 500s, the Byzantine Empire was Christian and controlled the Holy Land. However, in the 600s, ____ conquered this land.

A

Muslim Arabs

93
Q

The ____ began in 1095, after the Byzantine emperor asked Pope Urban II for help fighting against the Turks and capturing the Holy Land from the Muslims.

A

Crusades

94
Q

In 1099, an army made up of mostly French and Norman knights attacked ____, an important city in the Holy Land and captured the city.

A

Jerusalem

95
Q

From 1337 to 1453, the Hundred Years’ War raged between the French and English, who were fighting over control of ____.

A

France

96
Q

True or False: In 1071, a new group of rulers, the Seljuk Turks, took over the Holy Land and began to limit Christian use of religions sites.

A

True

97
Q

True or False: In 1144, Muslim Turks captured three of the Christians states and threatened the other one. This action started the Second Crusade.

A

False

98
Q

True or False: During the Hundred Years’ War, the French won most of the battles.

A

False

99
Q

Richard III of England, Philip II of France, and Fredrick I of Germany tried the defend the cities of Tyre, Tripoli, and Antioch and they also wanted to recapture Jerusalem. So, they started the ____ ____.

A

Third Crusade

100
Q

After a failed Fourth Crusade, strengthened by their belief in God, thousands of ____ traveled to the Holy Land in 1212 in an event called the ____ ____.

A

Poor Children, Children’s Crusade

101
Q

The ____ used advanced weapons, such as the cannon and by 1453 won the Hundred Years’ War.

A

French

102
Q

During the Early Middle Ages, two tribes controlled the kingdom of England. They were the ____.

A

Angles and the Saxons

103
Q

____ is remembered as a wise and fair ruler because he reorganized the government, wanted to stop corruption, clearly explained the duties of royal officials, set strict penalties for counterfeiting, and outlawed duels.

A

Louis IX

104
Q

In 1469, Prince Ferdinand and Princess Isabella married and united the kingdoms of ____.

A

Aragon and Castile

105
Q

In 1547, ____ was the grand Prince of Moscow and became the first to rule all of Russia.

A

Ivan IV

106
Q

True or False: William of Normandy and his Norman knights killed King Harold and defeated his forces at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

A

True

107
Q

True or False: In the early 800s, Charlemange was the king of the Franks, a group of people who lived in the region that is now Spain and were ancestors of the Spanish people.

A

False

108
Q

True or False: The troops of Ferdinand and Isabella defeated the Muslims in Granada and Navarre which ended Muslim control in Spain

A

True

109
Q

In the 800s, ____ defeated Danish invaders and united the regions of England into one Anglo-Saxon country.

A

King Alfred

110
Q

King John made laws and decrees that angered the nobles because they believed the laws were unfair. In 1215, a group of barons and church officials forced King John to agree to a written document in which he gave up some royal power called the ____.

A

Magna Carta

111
Q

The Spanish Inquisition took place in many Christian countries, including ____, ____, and ____.

A

France, Germany, Italy

112
Q

The Middle Ages in Europe lasted from about ____.

A

500AD to 1500AD

113
Q

The term Middle Ages comes from ____, which is Latin for “middle” and “age”.

A

Medieval

114
Q

During the 800s, the ruler ____ managed to reunite many small new kingdoms into an empire.

A

Charlemange

115
Q

Soon after Charlemange died in 814, a political and military system called ____ developed

A

feudialism

116
Q

True or False: Knights were professional soldiers who were loyal to their lord.

A

True

117
Q

True or False: A peasant was the ruler of a kingdom.

A

False

118
Q

True or False: In the manorialism system, at the center of each fief was the lord’s home, called a plantation.

A

False

119
Q

A ____ was a person who was allowed to have a house and a plot of land in return for rent paid to their lord.

A

Serf

120
Q

During the High Middle Ages (1000-1300), the economy of Europe began to grow stronger and a ____ class began to arise.

A

Merchant

121
Q

During the Late Middle Ages, the four powerful kingdoms which developed into nation-states were ____, ____, ____, and ____.

A

England, France, Spain, Russia

122
Q

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

A

Converts

123
Q

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

A

Saint Anthony

124
Q

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

A

Helena

125
Q

Christianity was the official religion of Rome by ____.

A

391

126
Q

True or False: Paul, one of the Apostles, is credited with establishing Christianity in Rome.

A

False

127
Q

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

A

True

128
Q

True or False: By 1054, the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church became united.

A

False

129
Q

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

A

Asia Minor

130
Q

Constantine issued the ____, the law that ended persecution of Christians within Rome.

A

Edict of Milan

131
Q

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

A

Monas Teries

132
Q

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

A

Roman Empire

133
Q

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

A

Jerusalem

134
Q

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

A

Messiah

135
Q

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

A

Parables

136
Q

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

A

True

137
Q

True or False: Judea was populated mostly by the Hebrew people.

A

True

138
Q

True or False: Jesus was betrayed bu one of his disciples, a man named James.

A

False

139
Q

The Romans appointed ____ as king of Judea in 39 BCE.

A

Herod the Great

140
Q

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

A

Bethlehem

141
Q

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

A

John the Baptist

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