P3 - Ch 10: Christianity

In 63 B.C.E., the Israelite kingdom of ____________ had been conquered by the Romans and renamed ______.

• Judah, Judaea

• Israel, Judah

• Judah, Jerusalem

• Israel, Palestine

Some Jews called __________ were not satisfied living under Roman rule and wanted to revolt and establish Judah as an independent state.

• Zealots

• Israelites

• Sons of David

• Monks

Non-zealot Jews believed ________ (the Jewish God) would send a messiah (savior) to lead them to freedom.

• Yahwey

• Muhammed

• Buddha

• Jupiter

DBQ: In order to put an end to these rumors, Nero provided scapegoats and visited most fearful punishments on those popularly called Christians, a group hated because of their outrageous practices. The founder of this sect, Christus, was executed in the reign of Tiberius by the procurator Pontius Pilatus. Thus the pernicious superstition was suppressed for the while, but it broke out again not only in Judaea, where this evil had its origin, but even in Rome, where all obnoxious and disgraceful elements from everywhere in the world...received a large following….A vast multitude was convicted…because of their hatred of humanity. Their executions were made into a sport in that they were covered with skins of wild beasts and torn to pieces by dogs, or they were fastened to crosses or wrapped with inflammable materials so that ..they could be burned to serve as torches in the night…" ~Roman historian Tacitus describing events of 64 AD.

According to Tacitus, how were Christians treated during the reign of Nero?

• Christians were persecuted and often violently executed for their faith.

• Christians were free to practice their faith so long as they offered sacrifices at the games in the Colusseum.

• Christians were persecuted only if they were cruel to animals.

• Christians living in Judeau were persecuted more frequently than other Christians.

In the first Jewish Revolt (66-70C.E.) against the Romans, __________ destroyed the Jewish city of Jerusalem and everything in it except the Western Wall of the Second Temple.

• Titus

• Vespasian

• Nero

• Tiberius

The Western Wall of the Second Jewish Temple is considered one of the holiest sites by Jews today and is often referred to as the ___________.

• Wailing Wall

• Great Wall

• Border Wall

• The Berlin Wall

In 132-136 Jews revolted against the Romans again, and were again crushed. This time Hadrian removed Jews from the city of ________, renamed the region Syria, executed Jewish scholars, and banned Judaism.

• Jerusalem

• Damascus

• Palestine

• Israel

Decades before the first Jewish revolt against the Romans, a Jew named ____ traveled throughout Galilee and Judaea teaching about God, who he called "father".

• Jesus

• Saul

• Paul

• Benedict

Jesus often used _____ like The Good Samaritan to teach God's message of love and forgiveness. #symbolism

• parables

• fables

• poems

• prayers

As he traveled, Jesus recruited twelve followers called disciples or _______ (a Greek word for a person sent forth).

• apostles

• missionaries

• saints

• catacombs