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Rome part 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Roman generally practiced religious what? | Tolerance |
| What religion made Christianity? | Grew out of Judaism |
| What does Christianity mean? | Religion based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth |
| Who is Jesus of Nazaeth | Founder of Christianity |
| Who were the Messiahs? | Leader Jews believed would return and restore the greatness of Israel |
| What is the Bible | The holy book of Christianity |
| What is Crucifixion? | A type of execution that involved being nailed to a cross |
| What does resurrection mean? | Christian belief that Jesus rose from the dead three days after his death |
| Who were the Disciples? | Followers |
| Who were the Apostles? | The 12 disciples whom Jesus to receive special teaching |
| Who was Paul of Tarsus | Disciple whose letters defined Christianity as separate from Judaism |
| Who are Martyrs? | People who die for their religious beliefs |
| What is a persecution? | Punishing people for their beliefs |
| Who was Constantine? | Roman emperor who became a Christian |
| How many people are Christian today? | About 2.5 billion people |
| How did Christianity start? | Jesus started teaching people about God |
| Who lived when Jesus was living? | Augustus |
| At age 30 Jesus started what? | Traveling the world and teachings the kids about God |
| Why did Jesus and 12 of his disciples go to Jerusalem? | To celebrate Passover a Jewish holiday |
| Romans did what to Jesus? | Arrested him and crucified for treason (betrayal) |
| How many days was he buried until he rose from the dead? | 3 days |
| What did his followers do after Jesus died? | His teachings were spread by them |
| What would happen if you believe in God and Jesus/ | You would go to eternal life which Romans did not like as they thought only gods went to eternal life |
| How many Gods do Christians believe? | One God |
| Where is the place that Christians go to worship? | Church |
| What are the two main holidays that came from Jesus and God? | Easter and Christmas |
| What did the Apostles do after Jesus got resurrected? | They started spreading Jesus's teachings |
| What did Paul of Tarsus do in the spread of Jesus's teachings? | Traveled throughout the Roman world spreading Christian teachings |
| God created what and loves them? | God created all people and loves them |
| What group of invaders dominated Italy? | Vandals |
| What does internal mean? | Inside |
| What does external mean? | Outside |
| What were the internal threats that made the Fall of Rome start? | Food shortages, Disease, increase in taxes to pay for defense, Germans came for food and to farm abandoned lands, and German communities ignored to Roman emperor |
| What were the external threats that made the fall of Rome start? | Tribes of fierce Germanic warriors attacked Rome's northern borders and Persian armies invaded the east. |
| What was the capital of the western empire? | Rome |
| What was the capital of the eastern empire? | Constantinople |
| What was the religion in the western empire? | Gods/Goddesses Christianity |
| What was the religion in the eastern empire? | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| What was the date of fall in western empire? | 476 AD |
| What was the date of fall in eastern empire? | 1453 AD |
| Who conquered the western empire after it fell? | Goths and other barbarians |
| Who conquered the eastern empire after it fell? | Ottoman Turks |
| Who divided the Roman empire into 2 halves? | Emperor Diocletian |
| What did they call each half? | Western and eastern |
| Who moved the capital from Rome? | Constantine the Great |
| Where did they move the capital to? | Constantinople |
| What did Constantine do? | Built the new capital Constantinople and made Constantinople rich! |
| When did Constantine help? | 330 AD |
| Where was Constantine? | Bosporus Strait |
| Why did Constantine help? | Different from Byzantines though themselves as Romans and Unlike most Romans most people were Christians and spoke Greek not Latin |
| What was Justinian? | A Byzantine emperor |
| Where was Justinian? | Byzantine Empire |
| When was Justinian? | 527-565 AD and ruled for nearly 40 years |
| Why did Justinian become emperor? | Wanted to recover parts of Rome, rebuilt Hagia Sophia, and Justinian's Code- guarantees fair treatment of all |
| Who was Theodora? | Byzantine emperor's wife, was an actress before marrying Justinian, and a partner in rule |
| Where was Theodora? | Byzantine Empire |
| When was Theodora? | 527-565 AD and ruled for nearly 40 years with her husband |
| Why was Theodora a 2nd ruler? | Encouraged husband to stay and fight, helped women and children, and to end government corruption |
| What did the other invaders do? | However Byzantine emperors kept control of the core of their empire, modern day Greece and western Turkey and Constantinople |
| Where were the other invaders? | Byzantine empire, Germans took lands to the west, Slavic people invaded the north, Arab Muslim invaders conquered Syria, Egypt, and North Africa, and Turks seized modern day Turkey and other areas |
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