Christianity and Islam

What did the disciples of Jesus do after his death?

• they spread Christianity throughout the Roman world
• they argued for Jesus' innocence with Roman authorities
• They convinced Jews to stop persecuting the Romans
• They hid from the Romans and kept Jesus' teachings a secret

How did Constantine affect Christianity?

• He made Christianity legal in 313 AD
• He placed even more bans on the religion.
• He persecuted Christians in the Colosseum.
• He moved the capital of Rome to the Eastern Empire.

Use the map to answer. Christianity began near Jerusalem, then spread as far west as ____.

• Britain
• Gaul
• Egypt
• Spain

Christianity is a ____________ religion.

• Monotheistic
• Polytheistic

Who is the founder of Christianity?

• Yahweh
• Jesus
• Buddha
• Abraham

Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan to teach about loving others. A parable is

• a story used to teach a lesson

• a punishment for someone's beliefs

• a riddle that helps people learn

What did Jesus teach?

• loving God and loving others

• encouraging people to convert to Christianity

• convincing authorities not to persecute Christians

• eliminating all other religions

Islam is a _______________ religion.

• pagan
• cult
• monotheistic
• polytheistic

Who was the founder of Islam?

• Muhammad
• Moses
• Martin Luther
• Jesus Christ

What is the Arabic word for God?

• Yahweh
• Allah
• Jesus
• Quran