Roman Empire & Christianity ch 11 L1 and 2

a simple story to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson

the title given to the Bishop of Rome

• priest

• gospel

• Pope

• clergy

Answer explanation

the accounts that apostles wrote of Jesus' life

• disciple

• apostle

• parable

• gospel

Which group of people did the Romans view as a threat to the empire?

• Christians

• Jews

• martyrs

• patriarchs

Jesus was a Jew born in the town of __________

• Jerusalem

• Tarsus

• Judea

• Rome

Theodosius made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.

• true

• False

Christians could communicate the message of Jesus because most people in the Roman Empire spoke

• English

• Greek

• Hebrew

• Latin

What was the Pax Romana?

• a time of conflict in the Roman Empire

• the beginning of Christianity

• a period of 200 years of peace in Rome

• the division of the Roman Empire

Who was the first emperor of Rome

• Augustus

• Constantine

• Diocletian

• Virgil

What contributed to an economic boom in the Roman Empire?

• a lack of standard currency

• limiting trade to only the lands surrounding Rome

• focusing trade to only luxury goods

• a network of roads, bridges and tunnels connecting the empire