Ch.12 Roman Empire Class 5/6

Ch.12 Roman Empire

By Jade Dolan

Section 9:

Lasting Roman Impacts​

​Law

• Civil Law - written codes of law on how people deal with each other

• Innocent until proven guilty​

​Government

• Republic - citizens elect leader to make laws for them

• checks and balances to ensure one branch or person would not become to powerful

• 3 branches of government each with specific purposes​

• Massive Empire leaving lasting impacts o​n history

​Language

• Romance Languages - French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese

• Latin ABC​ = English ABC

• Latin words used for science and root words in Latin​

Section 10:

Religion​

​Romans vs Jews

• Until Hadrian Jews were allowed to worship God

• Jews started to rebel against Roman Rule and refused to acknowledge Roman gods

• In areas such as Judea and Galilee life was difficult for Jew under Roman governors such as Herod(same Herod from Bible at time of Jesus's birth)

• After an unsuccessful Jewish rebellion the Temple of Jerusalem was burned and Jews were spread to other areas of the Empire

• At the time of Jesus Roman rules were worried about the following Jesus was gaining because Romans wanted to ensure peace.

• This leads to Jesus's arrest and crucifixion to avoid another Jewish uprising

Multiple Choice

What religion did Christianity
come from?

• Islam
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Buddhism

Multiple Choice

Christianity is a ____________ religion.

• Monotheistic
• Polytheistic

• Christianity began in Roman Empire and spread along Roman Empire and spread along Roman roads

• The Apostles helped spread the teachings of Jesus after His death through traveling, letters​, and founding the Christian Church.

• Christianity spread due to:

  • Most everyone spoke Latin so many could understand

  • ​Roman road work connected the entire empire

  • Because of Pax Romana travel was safe

  • Because it would eventually become legal to be a Christian

​Early Christianity

Multiple Choice

Who is the founder of Christianity?

• Yahweh
• Jesus
• Buddha
• Abraham

Multiple Choice

Christianity is polytheistic since it believes in 3 Gods (the Father, Son and Holy Spirit)

• True
• False

Multiple Select

Check all of the reasons why Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire.

• Most people in the empire could understand Latin or Greek, the language of the Apostles.

• The Romans had a network of roads to connect the entire empire.

• The apostles sailed across the Atlantic to found new churches in America.

• Christianity started during the Pax Romana when travel around the empire was safe.

​Christians Oppressed

• Romans were not tolerant towards Christians because:

  • they refused to honor the emperor with sacrifices

  • they refused to worship Roman gods to protect the state

• Christian were used as scapegoats and blamed for social and economic problems

• Many Christians became martyrs

• Christianity continued to spread due ​to the fact that all people were welcome

​Acceptance of Christianity

• Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan in 313AD

• The Edict granted freedom of worship to all citizens of the Roman Empire

• By 380AD, Emperor Theodosius made Christianity the official religion of the empire.

Multiple Choice

Which Roman emperor ended the persecution of Christians by converting to Christianity and removing the bans on the religion?

• Diocletian
• Constantine
• Theodosius

Multiple Choice

What did Constantine issue in A.D. 313 that gave religious freedom to all people?

• Edict of Rome
• Edict of Milan
• Edict of Venice
• Edict of Constantinople

Multiple Choice

Christianity spread throughout the Mediterranean region because....

• People could travel safely on Roman roads.

• Christianity was adopted as Rome's official religion.

• Many people spoke Latin and Greek, so it was easy to communicate.

• All of the above