Christian Studies Jesus' Political Context Grade 8

Question 1

What was one of the largest empires in the worlds history?

Answer 1

The Roman Empire

Question 2

Where did the Roman Empire extend to?

Answer 2

The Mediterranean Sea into Europe, Asia and Africa

Question 3

What was the Roman Empire known for in Jesus’ time?

Answer 3

Massive public works like roads and aqueducts

Question 4

What did the Roman Empire spread in Jesus’ time?

Answer 4

Greek Culture and Language

Question 5

What did the Roman Emperor decide?

Answer 5

What happens on political, financial and legal matters

Question 6

What were Roman Emperors considered as?

Answer 6

Gods

Question 7

Who were the Emperors in Jesus’ time?

Answer 7

Augustus and Tiberius

Question 8

What were Roman Governors?

Answer 8

They were judges who were responsible for law and punishment

Question 9

What Roman Governor crucified Jesus?

Answer 9

Pontius Pilate

Question 10

What were Roman Centurions in command of?

Answer 10

100s of soldiers

Question 11

What did the Roman Centurions do?

Answer 11

Conquered new territories, took slaves and ensured Rome’s power.

Question 12

What did Centurions do in Jesus’ story?

Answer 12

A Centurion had faith in Jesus, but their army executed him.

Question 13

What did Roman Citizens have?

Answer 13

They gathered in assemblies, voted in elections and had special legal protection.

Question 14

How did you get Roman Citizenship?

Answer 14

You could be born into it or buy it.

Question 15

What was the percentage of citizens in the Roman Empire?

Answer 15

At the peak it was 10%

Question 16

Was Jesus a Roman citizen?

Answer 16

No

Question 17

What were Tax Collectors?

Answer 17

Private people who the Romans hired who collected money for building projects and the army.

Question 18

Who looked down on the Tax Collectors?

Answer 18

The Jews but Jesus had dinner with them often

Question 19

What was King Herod known as?

Answer 19

“The Puppet King”

Question 20

Who was King Herod?

Answer 20

He was the king of the Jews but was under Roman control

Question 21

What were the Herodians?

Answer 21

They were political party following King Herod

Question 22

Why did the Herodians want Herod on the throne in Judea?

Answer 22

To restore the Jewish people

Question 23

What did the Romans cal Israel?

Answer 23

Judea and later Judah

Question 24

What was the name God gave Jacob?

Answer 24

Israel and decendants became the people of Israel.

Question 25

By the time of the Roman Empire what were Israelites widely known as?

Answer 25

Jews, coming from the words of the Judaens.

Question 26

Who looked down on the Galileans?

Answer 26

The Jews did, for them being uneducated and of questionable ancestry even though Jesus and most of his disciples were Galileans.

Question 27

What were Galileans sometimes?

Answer 27

Many were Jews but some were Gentiles.

Question 28

What did Galileans often take part in?

Answer 28

Protests against Rome

Question 29

What is a very simple explanation for what a Gentile was?

Answer 29

Not Jewish

Question 30

What did Jews use the term Gentile as?

Answer 30

They used it as a negative term, because some thought Gentiles couldn't have the same relationship with god.

Question 31

What were Zealots?

Answer 31

A group that strongly apposed the Roman Government and wanted to overthrow it to better follow God

Question 32

What did the Zealots follow?

Answer 32

The Torah and believed the word of the priest should be the law

Question 33

The Zealots believed they had power where?

Answer 33

In Palestine, but because of their actions the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the temple

Question 34

What was a Synagogue?

Answer 34

A place where Jewish people gather to pray, read scripture and worship

Question 35

Jesus taught in the synagogues? Yes or no?

Answer 35

Yes

Question 36

What were Pharisees?

Answer 36

The teachers of the torah

Question 37

How did the Pharisees read the Torah?

Answer 37

They interpreted it

Question 38

What did the Pharisees believe in?

Answer 38

Resurrection and that following the Torah is important

Question 39

Did the Pharisees hate the Romans?

Answer 39

They did, because they didn't follow the torah but still had significant influence.

Question 40

Where did the Pharisees study?

Answer 40

The Synagogue

Question 41

What were Sadducees?

Answer 41

They were high class and had a lot of influence over the Temple and Sanhedrin (High Priests)

Question 42

Why could Sadducees be?

Answer 42

high priests, merchants or high class families

Question 43

What did Sadducees believe?

Answer 43

They didn't believe anything not in the Torah

Question 44

What did Sadducees believe about the afterlife?

Answer 44

They believed there was no rewards in the afterlife or resurrection

Question 45

What were samaritans?

Answer 45

A group of people from Samaria

Question 46

Why did the Samaritans and Jews have conflict?

Answer 46

They disagreed where God's holy temple was

Question 47

Where did the Samaritans practice?

Answer 47

Not in the Temple

Question 48

Why did the Jews look down on Samaritans?

Answer 48

Because the Romans eventually preferred the Samaritans giving them more powers than Jews

Question 49

What is the opposite of Sinner?

Answer 49

Righteous

Question 50

What is the definition of Sinner in Jesus' time?

Answer 50

People who broke the Torah by being unclean because of illness, a degrading profession or non-Jewish people.

Question 51

Who was excluded from Jewish society?

Answer 51

Sinners