Ch 13 Lesson 2 Quiz - The Early Church

How was Christianity different from most other religions in the Roman Empire?

• They believed in being kind to everyone

• They believed in one God

• The believed that the Emperor was a God

• They were peaceful all the time

These are places early Christians buried their dead underground.

People of the christian religion began holding secret church meetings in tunnels called ________.

• catacombs

• amphitheater

• forums

• aqueducts

Constantine used ____________ to change Rome.

• the military

• democracy

• Christianity

• Gladiators

Who was Augustine?

• Pope of the church

• Emperor

• Bishop of Hippo

• Disciple

The followers of Jesus spread his message throughout the Mediterranean world.

• True

• False

Why did the Romans target Christians?

• Christians tried to kill Emperor Nero

• Christians refused to worship the emperor as a god

• Christians had burned much of Rome in 64 CE

• Christians refused to pay taxes

Christianity was adopted in A.D. 334 by the African city-state of ____.

• Jerusalem

• Alexandria

• Axum

• Kush

An important difference between early Christianity and the official Roman religion was that ____.

• Christians were only interested in this life, not the life after death

• the Roman religion believed in many gods and viewed the emperor as a god

• the Roman religion offered more kinds of support to people during difficult times

• Christians believed the poor shouldn't depend on others for help

Early Christian communities offered their members companionship and help.

• True

• False