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Chapter 4 Study Guide
Answer the following questions and turn it in on the day of the test.
Study your notes pay special attention to the following topics and be
able to answer questions or discuss various aspects of the topic. You
may want to look at the section reviews and chapter reviews from your
book. BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR NOTES……..
1.
1. apostle
2. disciple
3. parable
4. resurrection
5. salvation
6. clergy
7. doctrine
8. hierarchy
9. laity
10. martyr
11. Peter of Galilee
12. Sermon on the Mount
13. excommunicate
14. iconoclasts
15. Early Church Hierarchy chart
16. What roles did the eastern and western empires play in spreading Christianity?
17. Which were religious communities where devout Christian men of the Eastern
Roman Empire lived apart from the world?
18. Study the map over the spread of Christianity
19. How did the life and death of Jesus and his message affect people and the future
of the Mediterranean region?
20. Zealots rebellion
21. Why is the Jewish fortress called Masada considered a symbol of Jewish heroism?
22. When Jesus was arrested after the Last Supper, what was MOST LIKELY the
charge against him?
23. According to Christian tradition, who helped set up a Christian church in Rome
after the death of Jesus?
24. Christian scripture, or holy writings, states that
25. What happened after the Jews rebelled against the Romans in A.D. 132?
26. The message of Jesus was what?
27. What was a common punishment In Rome during the rise of Christianity?
28. Christians was what type of religion and worshipped how many gods?
29. Did the Byzantines believed the patriarch of Constantinople and other bishops
were equal to the pope?
30. Who took Christianity to Ireland?
31. Who did the Franks defended Italy who was crowned king?
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32. Germanic tribes who invaded much of England later united and became known
as?
33. Which was a list of regulations followed in Eastern Orthodox monasteries and
convents?
34. The Byzantines believed that this person, as God’s earthly representative,
controlled both the Church and the government.
35. Who developed their own Christian Church, which became known as the Eastern
Orthodox Church.
36. Know why the church divided in to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
37. Who was the head of the Roman Catholic Church and claimed to
38. be the ruler of all Christian churches, but the Byzantines rejected his claim.
39. Devout Christian women in the Eastern Roman Empire who established religious
communities were called?
40. Who was the Byzantine missionary, that developed an alphabet that allowing
Byzantines to bring their religion and culture to the Slavs.
41. Name two factors that helped Christianity to spread throughout the Roman
Empire.
42. How did the Jews react when Augustus replaced the Jewish leader of Judaea with
a Roman governor? Provide two examples.
43. In A.D. 6 Augustus made Judah a Roman province and called it by the Roman
name of Judaea. How did Augustus more tightly control Judaea?
44. After the unsuccessful rebellion of the Jews against the Romans in A.D. 132, the
Romans forced all the Jews to leave Jerusalem. How did the Jews keep their faith
alive even though they were scattered around the world?
45. According to early Christian writings, who deserted Jesus but later became a
leader in the early church?
46. In one parable, Jesus told of a Samaritan man who helped an injured traveler.
What is the meaning of the word parable?
47. From whom did the bishop of Rome believe he received his authority to rule over
the other bishops?
48. Why did the emperor Nero ban Christianity in A.D. 64?
49. Which of the following best describes the writings included in the New
Testament?
50. According to Christian beliefs, which event led to the birth of Christianity?
51. What is an official church teaching called?
52. The Roman Empire and the Christian Church were both ruled by?
53. Which church officials were the leaders of the Christian Church?
54. By which name were the archbishops from Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria,
Antioch, and Jerusalem known?
55. How did Christianity differ from the official religion of Rome?
56. The Roman Catacombs were a type of
57. Which Roman emperor banned Greek and Roman religions and made Christianity
the official religion of the Roman Empire?
58. By A.D. 300, who headed individual churches?
59. Together, the New Testament and the Old Testament make up the Christian
60. Where did early Christians first meet?