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Spread of Christianity and Islam in the Middle Ages

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In AD 33, Jesus taught, was crucified and reported raised from the dead around the city of _______________________.

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Alexandria

c)

Antioch

d)

Mecca

2.

In AD 392, the Roman Empire declared Christianity as the official religion under Emperor ________________________.

a)

Theodosius

b)

Constantine

c)

Augustus

d)

Nero

3.

The Great Schism of 1054 divided the Christian Church between the Roman Catholic in the ________ and the _________ Orthodox.

a)

West; Eastern

b)

East; Western

c)

South; Eastern

d)

North; Western

4.

Early Christian leaders who had been chosen by Jesus to spread his message. (choose the best answer)

a)

Apostle

b)

Disciple

c)

Schisms

d)

Martyr

5.

A separation created by various factors.

a)

Schism

b)

Apostle

c)

Persecution

d)

Illegal

6.

In AD 570, __________________ was born in Mecca and went on to be the founder of Islam.

a)

Muhammed

b)

Buddha

c)

Jesus

d)

Ghandi

7.

By AD 633, most of _____________ was united under Muslim Rule.

a)

Arabia

b)

Asia

c)

Persia

d)

India

8.

Through the spread of Islam to the North, the ______________ in Europe would feel threatened by the Arab Empires.

a)

Byzantines

b)

Persians

c)

Greeks

d)

British

9.

The __________ Sea served as a vital trade route and for the spread of Islam to Africa.

a)

Red

b)

Black

c)

Persian

d)

Mediterranean

10.

The _______________ was a vital trade route for Arabs to trade with India.

a)

Arabian Sea

b)

Persian Gulf

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Black Sea

11.

The early Christian church was organized in a hierarchy, similar to the ________________ Empire.

a)

Roman

b)

Byzantine

c)

British

d)

Persian

12.

The bishop of Rome and eventually the head of the Roman Catholic church gained the title of ______________________.

a)

pope

b)

father

c)

priest

d)

cardinal

13.

The first Roman emperor to accept Christianity as his own religion was _________________________ .

a)

Constantine

b)

Augustus

c)

Leonidus

d)

Theodosius

14.

During the time of Persecution of the Christians in Rome, Christianity was made a(n) _________________ religion.

a)

illegal

b)

tolerated

c)

official

d)

legal

15.

A geographic area of possible conflict between the spread of the Christian and Islam religions would be __________________.

a)

Asia Minor and Eastern Europe

b)

Africa and Arabia

c)

Arabia and Asia

d)

Asia Minor and Western Asia

16.

The spread of Christianity and Islam shared the common area of the _____________________________.

a)

Eastern Mediterranean

b)

Arabian Sea

c)

North Sea

d)

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

17.

The Great Schism of 1054 divided the Christian church to the ______________ of the Italian Peninsula.

a)

East

b)

West

c)

North

d)

South