Christianity

During the first centuries AD, why did Christianity spread?

• Christians openly spread their religion to the Romans

• Christians built churches and monasteries in Rome

• Christians moved out of Jerusalem to avoid persecution

• Christians forced Jews and Muslims to accept Christianity

What is central to Jesus of Nazareth's teachings?

• love and devotion to God and mankind

• reject the teachings of Judaism

• avoid people of other faiths

• respect the Roman gods

Christianity grew from what religion?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Judaism

• Confucianism

In Christianity, what is a gift through grace, and mankind can do nothing to earn it?

• Salvation

• Pax Romana

• Reincarnation

• Resurrection

What kind of religion was practiced by the ancient Greeks?

• monotheism

• polytheism

• hinduism

• confuciaism

What religion was seen as a threat by the Roman Empire?

• Buddhism

• Polytheism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

What two cultures sought to keep the gods happy by building temples, offering sacrifices and the Olympic games?

• Carthage and Greece

• Egypt and Mesopotamia

• Greece and Rome

• India and China

Who adopted their religious beliefs from the Greeks but gave their gods new names?

• Hebews

• Romans

• Babylonians

• Christians

What religion teaches that Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead so that mankind could be forgiven of their sins?

• Judaism

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Christianity

What is the name of the religious text of Christianity?

• The Torah

• The Vedas

• The Koran

• The Bible