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Rise & Spread of Christianity

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the founder of Christianity

a)

Abraham

b)

Jesus

c)

Buddha

d)

Muhammad

2.

What is mean by disciple?

a)

A follower

b)

A Roman Soldier

c)

A Jewish priest

d)

A savior

3.

What is a "messiah" ?

a)

A person who loves God

b)

A person who has become enlightened

c)

A savior, a deliverer

d)

A person who spreads the word of god

4.

How was Jesus put to death?

a)

Killed in the Colosseum

b)

Crucifixion

c)

Beheaded

d)

Burned alive

5.

What did Jesus teach?

a)

Loving God and loving others

b)

Encouraging people to convert to Christianity

c)

Convincing authorities not to persecute christians

d)

Eliminating all other religion

6.

The four accounts of Jesus's life are called as

a)

Parables

b)

Revelation

c)

Laws

d)

Gospels

7.

Which emperor made as safe to be a Christian and was the First Christian emperor?

a)

Theodosius

b)

Constantine

c)

Augustus

d)

Nero

8.

The second half of the Bible that contains the Gospels and teaching of Jesus is the

a)

Old Testament

b)

Torah

c)

New Testament

d)

Vedas

9.

Who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Rome?

a)

The Pope

b)

The emperor

c)

The rabbi

d)

None of these

10.

Followers believe that Jesus was the

a)

Father of god

b)

Regular person

c)

Peasant

d)

Son of God

11.

Why did the Roman governor Pontius Pilate have Jesus arrested?

a)

For defying the authority of Rome

b)

For disorderly conduct

c)

For inciting a mob

d)

For refusing to pay his taxes

12.
The Apostle who spread Christianity throughout Asia Minor and the Greek world was..
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Paul
c)
Nicodemus
d)
Pontius Pilate
13.
What religion did Christianity
come from?
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Judaism
d)
Buddhism
14.
When Jesus was arrested after the Last Supper, what was MOST LIKELY the charge against him?
a)
celebrating the Jewish holy days of Passover
b)
committing treason or disloyalty to the government
c)
leading an unlawful meeting
d)
communicating parables and Beatitudes
15.

What aspect of Roman civilization did the early Christians borrow to strengthen the church?

a)

polytheism

b)

organization and hierarchy

c)

gladiator games and chariot races

d)

rich people in charge

16.

What is the central or main idea of Christianity?

a)

moral righteousness (being good) and social justice (kindness to others)

b)

being rich and powerful is most important

c)

conquering the largest territory in the world

d)

following Roman laws and customs

17.

What is monotheism?

a)

the belief in no gods

b)

the belief that rulers are gods

c)

the belief in many gods

d)

the belief in one god

18.

Early Christian leaders who helped to set up churches and spread the message of Jesus

a)

gospel

b)

parable

c)

apostle

d)

schism

19.

To mistreat a person because of his or her beliefs

a)

persecute

b)

missionary

c)

monastery

d)

fable

20.

Capital of ancient Byzantine Empire (East Rome); the crossroads of trade.

a)

Athens

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Egypt

d)

Constantinople

21.

Why was Christianity so attractive to people?

a)

it offered an opportunity to become a Roman of high social class

b)

it offered many gods to choose from

c)

it offered the poor and weak a reward in heaven

d)

it offered riches on earth

22.

What is the act of rising from the dead?

a)

excommunication

b)

shism

c)

resurrection

d)

icon

23.

Birthplace of Jesus

a)

Nazareth

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Bethlehem

d)

Byzantium

24.
The term feudalism is best defined as a
a)
Division of power between branches of government
b)
Holy war between Christians and Muslims
c)
Process in which goods are traded for other goods
d)
System in which land is exchanged for military service or loyalty
25.
The Middle Ages began when the.....
a)
Roman Empire fell
b)
Greeks were polytheistic
c)
Agricultural Revolution began
d)
the Reformation started
26.
A person of high rank by birth or title is a 
a)
Noble
b)
Serf
c)
Priest
d)
Knight
27.
What did the lord give to the vassal?
a)
land
b)
money
c)
nothing
d)
the Divine Right of rule
28.
Which feudal class had the most people?
a)
Monarchs
b)
Lords
c)
Knights
d)
Peasants
29.

What was a fief?

a)

Any thing of value given to a vassal by a lord, including land

b)

The currency of Medieval Europe

c)

The Medieval government

30.
Feudalism is a political and economic system. In the Middle Ages, it worked because it provided something that people needed. What did people need?
a)
Freedom
b)
Protection
c)
Rights
d)
Education
31.

What was a monastery in the Middle Ages?

a)

A store that sold and repaired shoes

b)

A place where monks lived and practiced their religion

c)

A place that studied science

d)

A hospital with doctors and nurses

32.

Why were monasteries important to our knowledge of the Middle Ages?

a)

Because the books in the cities were all burned by great fires

b)

Because only the monks wrote honest records, while the kings made up false history

c)

Because they were the only people recording events and history

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

33.

What did the monks spend most of the day doing?

a)

Singing and dancing

b)

Sleeping and hanging out

c)

Praying, worshiping, and meditating

d)

Practicing had-to-hand combat

34.

What job did monks have while living at the monastery?

a)

Copying manuscripts

b)

Washing clothes

c)

Farming and cooking food

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

35.
How did monks preserve (save) knowledge of the past?
a)
they copied books, and rare documents.
b)
they interviewed many politicians.
c)
they spent their days talking with community members.
d)
they kept journals.
36.

Which university based its design on a Monastery?

a)

University of Canberra

b)

University of Cambridge

c)

University of Oxford

d)

University of New South Wales

37.
How was Jerusalem valuable to Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
a)
They all loved the city
b)
It was their capital city
c)
It was their Holy City
d)
Jesus died there
38.
The City of Jerusalem is important to what three major religions?
a)
Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam
b)
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
c)
Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism
d)
Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity
39.
The goal of the Crusades was to reclaim
a)
Jerusalem and Constantinople
b)
Palestine
c)
Syria
d)
Persia
40.

Who fought each other in the crusades?

a)

The Romans and the Greeks

b)

The Europeans and the Arabs

c)

The Eastern and Western Roman Empires

41.
Simply put which outside groups caused Rome to fall?
a)
Christians
b)
slaves
c)
barbarians
d)
Mongols
42.
Who moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium?
a)
Augustus 
b)
Nero
c)
Constantine 
d)
Caesar 
43.
When the empire split, what was the new capital?
a)
Rome 
b)
Constantinople 
c)
Carthage 
d)
Istanbul 
44.

What does this diagram illustrate?

a)

events that led to corruption in ancient Rome

b)

effects of the collapse of the Roman Empire

c)

patterns that develop when a government collects taxes

d)

causes of the fall of the Roman Empire

45.

Rome eventually fell because of problems in the military, political problems, economic problems and social problems. The social problems were all of the following except:

a)

many foreign invasions

b)

population declined from disease and war

c)

moral decay, loss of values and loyalty

d)

expensive to keep up with bread and circuses

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