Abeka Chapter 12 - Christianity the Greatest Force in History

A ​ (a)   was an armed man who fought in the Colosseum.

• gladiator
• knight
• monk

Match each mountain to the correct description.

• Mount Blanc

• Highest spot in Europe

• Mount Elbrus

• Europe's largest mountain system

• Alps

• Highest mountain in the Alps

🌊 The ​ (a)   is the world's largest lake.

🌊 The ​ (b)   is Europe's most important inland waterway.

• Caspian Sea
• Rhine River

🔷 The largest country in the world is ​ (a)   .

🔷 The only continent with no large desert is ​ (b)   .

• Russia
• Europe

The ______ were underground cemeteries in Rome used for hiding.

• Crusades

• Catacombs

• Colosseum

• Constantinople

Answer explanation

Match each person to their correct description.

• Paul

• He nailed the 95-Theses to the church door

• Polycarp

• First and greatest missionary of all time

• Huss

• Bohemian burned at the stake for preaching Christ

• Wycliffe

• Early Christian martyr who refused to blaspheme God

• Martin Luther

• First man to translate the entire Bible

______ was the Roman emperor who gave the freedom to worship.

• Nero

• Paul

• Constantine

• Gutenberg

______ were men who lived in monasteries and copied the Bible.

• martyrs

• peasants

• vandals

• monks

Christians who gave up their lives for Christ were called ______.

• Crusades

• Knights

• Peasants

• Martyrs

The head of the Roman Catholic Church is the​ (a)   .

• Pope
• Vandals
• Manor
• Knights