Ch 13 test Rom. Em. christianity

Question 0

Why was the most roaming free conducted by sea rather by land

Answer 0

Sea trade was safer, faster, cheaper

Question 1

What was the main reason that the Romans wish to build good roads

Answer 1

So soldiers would travel more quickly

Question 2

What mostly helped people in the provinces to prosper

Answer 2

Provincial farmers sold crops to Rome

Question 3

Decisions in court cases in the Roman empire before 500 BC based on what?

Answer 3

Customs and traditions

Question 4

Why is today’s legal system in state of Louisiana based partly on Romans civil law?

Answer 4

Because it was once a French colony and France uses civil law.

Question 5

Which of the following groups rebelled against the Romans, in what area

Answer 5

Jews in Judea

Question 6

Our information about the life of Jesus comes mainly from____________

Answer 6

The Gospels

Question 7

Jesus was a member of____________

Answer 7

The Jewish people

Question 8

What did the disciples of Jesus do after his death

Answer 8

They spread Christianity throughout the Roman world

Question 9

The Gospel say that Jesus was descended from________.

Answer 9

King David

Question 10

If you wanted to learn more about the lives of important early Christians, you would read________.

Answer 10

The acts of the apostles

Question 11

What was a major part of Jesus’s teachings

Answer 11

Forgiveness

Question 12

All of the following are central beliefs of Christianity held by most Christians except

Answer 12

Jesus wrote the sacred Scriptures of Christianity

Question 13

When Pax Romana and, Roman leaders gained power more from__________________.

Answer 13

the military

Question 14

How many years past between the end of Pax Romana and the stabilization of the Empire by Diocletian

Answer 14

More than 100 years

Question 15

Which event led to the arrival of Goths in Roman lands

Answer 15

The movement of the Huns into Europe.

Question 16

Who was the last leader to rule over the Eastern and Western Roman empire

Answer 16

Theodosius

Question 17

one way that Greco-Roman culture spread was by extending __________to free all persons in the Empire

Answer 17

citizenship

Question 18

More than any other event followers of Jesus were convinced that he was the Messiah by____.

Answer 18

Their believe in his resurrection

Question 19

Any hopes of Rome returning to republican form of government ended when_________.

Answer 19

A law passed giving the emperor absolute power.

Question 20

What was a improvement in bridge designed pioneered by Roman engineers?

Answer 20

Arched supports

Question 21

The Roman poet Horace wrote________.

Answer 21

Odes

Question 22

Romance languages_________.

Answer 22

Are still spoken today.

Question 23

Romans enjoys large-scale public entertainment, so they develop

Answer 23

Amphitheater

Question 24

What discovery did Claudius Galen make that is still important today

Answer 24

Arteries and veins carry blood

Question 25

Most Christians believe in one God who exists in three forms, the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit. Together these three forms are called the_________.

Answer 25

Trinity

Question 26

The tradition that includes common elements of both Judaism and Christianity is called the____.

Answer 26

Judeo-Christian

Question 27

The name for the God the father, Jesus the son, and the Holy Spirit is _______________.

Answer 27

The trinity

Question 28

While the Romans consider the Germans barbarians did not share their culture, in fact_________.

Answer 28

The Germans adopted many parts of the Greco-Roman culture