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Christianity The Greatest Force in History

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

For Numbers 1-7 choose the correct answer.

The first great missionary of the Christian Church

a)
Apostle John
b)
Apostle Paul
c)
Apostle Peter
d)
Apostle James
2.

the Roman emperor who made it a crime to be a Christian

a)
Augustus
b)
Caligula
c)
Nero
d)
Tiberius
3.

an early Christian martyr who refused to blaspheme God

a)
Saint John
b)

Polycarp

c)
Saint Peter
d)
Saint Paul
4.

the Roman emperor who gave Christians freedom to worship

a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Augustus
c)
Nero
d)
Constantine the Great
5.

a Bohemian burned at the stake for preaching that only Christ could forgive sin

a)
Martin Luther
b)

Jan Huss

c)
John Wycliffe
d)
Huldrych Zwingli
6.

the man who invented the printing press

a)
Gutenberg Press
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Johannes Gutenberg
7.

If the statement is true choose true. If statement is false replace underlined word with correct answer.

An armed man who fought other men in the Colosseum for sport was a Knight

a)

True

b)
Warrior
c)
Champion
d)
Gladiator
8.

Christians who were willing to give up their lives rather than deny the Lord were called Waldensians

a)
apostles
b)

True

c)
saints
d)
martyrs
9.

Underground cemeteries beneath the city of Rome were called Catacombs

a)
Mausoleums
b)
Catacombs
c)

True

d)
Tombs
10.

The huge outdoor arena in Rome was called the Circus

a)
Colosseum
b)

True

c)
Forum
d)
Pantheon
11.

The tribes that invaded Rome were the Visigoths and the Turks

a)
Ostrogoths
b)
Franks
c)
Huns
d)
Vandals
12.

A special court set up to try and punish heretics was the Inquisition

a)
Crusade
b)
Reformation
c)
Council of Trent
d)

True

13.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church is called the Pope

a)
Bishop
b)
Cardinal
c)

True

d)
Pope
14.

The new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire built by Constantine was Rome.

a)
Constantinople
b)
Alexandria
c)
Constantinople
d)
Athens
15.

Write the correct answer in the blank

During the Middle Ages, the Land owned by a lord was called a ____?

a)
manor
b)
estate
c)
kingdom
d)
fief
16.

Trained warriors who promised to help the lord fight his enemies were called _____?

a)
squires
b)
barons
c)
mercenaries
d)
knights
17.

The efforts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks were called the _____?

a)
Inquisition
b)
Salah ad-Din Campaign
c)
Crusades
d)
Reconquista
18.

The event that began the Middle Ages was the ____?

a)
establishment of the Byzantine Empire
b)
fall of the Western Roman Empire
c)
discovery of America
d)
signing of the Magna Carta
19.

Men who lived in monasteries and copied the Scripture by hand were ____?

a)
monks
b)
priests
c)

Monks

d)
scribes
20.

People who worked the lord's land were called _____?

a)
knights
b)
peasants
c)
farmers
d)
serfs
21.

A long trip taken for religious purposes is a(n)_____?

a)
journey
b)
expedition
c)
vacation
d)
pilgrimage
22.

The Protestant Reformation began in ____?

a)

Germany

b)

England

c)

Canada

d)

Italy

23.

The most important invention in the history of the world is the ______?

a)
telephone
b)
wheel
c)

printing press

d)
computer
24.

The Ninety-Five Theses was nailed to a church door by _____?

a)
Pope Leo X
b)
Martin Luther
c)
John Calvin
d)
Henry VIII
25.

Largest country in the World_____?

a)
Canada
b)
China
c)
United States
d)
Russia
26.

world's largest lake_____?

a)
Caspian Sea
b)
Lake Superior
c)
Lake Victoria
d)
Lake Baikal
27.

highest mountain in the Alps ______?

a)
Matterhorn
b)
Eiger
c)
Monte Rosa
d)
Mont Blanc
28.

only continent with no large desert_____?

a)
Antarctica
b)
North America
c)

Europe

d)
Africa
29.

Europe's most important inland waterway_____?

a)
Volga River
b)
Danube River
c)
Seine River
d)
Rhine River
30.

Europe's largest mountain system_______?

a)
the Carpathians
b)
the Alps
c)
the Pyrenees
d)
the Apennines
31.

Write a paragraph about a tropical rain forest. Include at least 4 interesting facts.

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