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7th - Chapter 14
Christianity
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The ________ is the unity of three divine persons - Father, Son (Jesus), and Holy Spirit - in one God | Trinity |
| the watering of crops | irrigation |
| group of people with similar background, customs, training, and income | social class |
| the cultivation of soil to produce useful crops | agriculture |
| an amount produced in excess of what is needed | surplus |
| a skill in one type of work | specialization |
| What do Jesus, Siddhartha Gautama, and Abraham all have in common? | founders of religions |
| What 3 things are shared by both Judaism and Christianity? | monotheistic, some sacred texts, same God |
| a form of government in which people elect their rulers | republic |
| a person who rules alone without consulting others before making decisions | absolute ruler |
| a 200 year period of peace and stability in the Roman Empire | Pax Romana |
| the religion of the former Western Roman Empire over which the pope has ultimate authority | Roman Catholic Church |
| What made Saul (Paul) so effective at converting a wide variety of people to Christianity? | diverse political and cultural background |
| The ________ is the most important bishop and leader of the Catholic Church | pope |
| human society with advanced development in political and social organization as well as in the arts and sciences | civilization |
| a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands | city-state |
| a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper | scribe |
| a belief in many gods and goddesses | polytheism |
| fertile soil deposited by a river | silt |
| a set of written rules | code of law |
| a collection of lands and people controlled by one ruler | empire |
| acceptance of beliefs, habits, and practices of others | toleration |
| How did Roman first view Christians within their empire? | ignored them |
| How do we know about the life of Jesus? | written in the Gospels |
| What event proved to many followers of Jesus that he was divine? | his resurrection |
| the religion that was started by Siddhartha Gautama and is still practiced in many Asian nations today | Buddhism |
| a social class in India that is based on a person's job | caste |
| seasonal winds that shape the climate of the Indian Subcontinent | monsoons |
| India's modern religion that developed out of Brahmanism | Hinduism |
| 0 degrees latitude | Equator |
| 0 degrees longitude | Prime Meridian |
| the horizontal lines on a map that measure distances north and south of the Equator | latitude |
| the vertical lines on a map that measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian | longitude |
| half of a globe or sphere | hemisphere |
| a group of years with some distinctive feature(s) in common | age, era, epoch |
| an account of a historical event that was created at the time the event occurred by someone who witnessed it | primary source |
| an account of a historical even that was created after the event happened by someone who was not there to witness it | secondary source |
| a man-made object with historical significance | artifact |
| the preserved remains of early life | fossil |
| The ________ developed by early Christian writers includes a belief in the Trinity. | creed |
| a blending of Greek, Persia, Indian, and Egyptian cultures | Hellenistic |
| a person who lives in a place and is entitled to protection by its government | citizen |
| a body of land surrounded on 3 sides by water | peninsula |
| a narrow strip of land that connects 2 larger landmasses | isthmus |
| a person who takes power in an illegal way | tyrant |
| The ________ were written after Jesus died by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John | Gospels |
| Who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire? | Theodosius |
| The Roman governor ordered Jesus to be executed by ________. | crucifixion |
| The letters from Paul to the Christian church are known as the ________ | Epistles |
| ________ often became Christians even though they were not Jewish first. | Gentiles |
| Who changed Christianity to make it more appealing to Gentiles by eliminating the need to convert to Judaism before becoming a Christian? | Paul |
| Priests and deacons are expected to obey ________, or local church leaders | bishops |
| The journeys of Christian ________ spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire and eventually much of the world | missionaries |
| Jesus often delivered his message of justice, compassion, and the coming of God's kingdom in the form of ________ | parables |
| a group of west-African peoples who gradually migrated south and east, spreading farming and herding through much of Africa | Bantu |
| involving the continents of Europe and Asia | trans-Eurasian |
| the ancient Chinese philosophy that stresses respect and proper relationships | Confucianism |
| favorable for the growth of crops | fertile |
| a king of ancient Egypt | pharaoh |
| the spread of ethnic ideas and customs to other parts of the world | cultural diffusion |
| ________ wrote many letters to the church that became an important part of the New Testament | Paul |
| The teachings of ________ became the basis of Christianity | Jesus |
| Which 2 groups of people were drawn to Christianity because the religion viewed all members as being equal? | women and slaves |
| When was Jesus born in Bethlehem? | 4 BC |
| When was Jesus crucified and resurrected? | AD 29 |
| When did Paul's journeys take place that helped spread Christianity? | AD 40s and 50s |
| When did Emperor Theodosius make Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire? | AD 380 |
| When did Nero begin the persecution of Christians in Rome? | AD 64 |
| When did Constantine end the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire? | AD 313 |
| Which Roman emperor converted to Christianity because he prayed to God in a battle and believed that he helped him to win? | Constantine |
| Jesus's twelve closest followers were called ________. | disciples |
| Jesus's ________, or return to life, proved to many of his followers that he was divine. | resurrection |
| It is likely that Paul was ________ by the Roman emperor Nero. | persecuted |
| Why was Jesus arrested? | he criticized how the temple was being run |
| Why did the persecution of the Christians by the Romans begin? | Nero blamed them for the fire that destroyed Rome |
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