Test 1 -

Question 1

What means “Roman Peace”?

Answer 1

Pax Romana

Question 2

What word means “Dispersion”

Answer 2

Diaspora

Question 3

Who became a leader at age 20?

Answer 3

Alexander the Great

Question 4

Who received the title “Augustus in 27 BC?

Answer 4

Octavian

Question 5

Who did the Jewish faith begin with - - which was a covenant between God and this person?

Answer 5

Abraham

Question 6

What is the ethical code that appealed to the Roman sense of law, order and virtue?

Answer 6

Stoicism

Question 7

What is the group that rejected the idea of life after death and individual judgement after death?

Answer 7

Sadducees

Question 8

What was the reforming group of Jewish scholars?

Answer 8

Pharisees

Question 9

What was the spread of Greek cultural Attributes throughout the East?

Answer 9

Hellenization

Question 10

What were the two parts that the kingdom was divided into AFTER Solomon’s death?

Answer 10

Israel and Judea

Question 11

Under what two Kings was the first temple completed?

Answer 11

King Solomon and King David

Question 12

What two brothers founded Rome?

Answer 12

Remus and Romuleus

Question 13

Who was Moses’ successor among the Jewish people?

Answer 13

Joshua

Question 14

Who conquered most of the known world of the 4th century BC?

Answer 14

Alexander the Great

Question 15

What two classical languages dominated the Roman World at the time of Jesus?

Answer 15

Greek and Latin

Question 16

Who led the Jewish people out of captivity?

Answer 16

Moses

Question 17

When was Rome founded?

Answer 17

April 21 753 BC

Question 18

What happened to the Jews in AD 70?

Answer 18

The temple was destroyed

Question 19

Who was the chief Roman god?

Answer 19

The sky-god (Jupiter Optimus Maximus)

Question 20

Who was Augustus - and how did he receive the title?

Answer 20

Octavian - - he was appointed by the Senate

Question 21

What opened the door for Octavian to be declared Emperor?

Answer 21

The death of Marc Antony

Question 22

How did Rome benefit from the Punic War?

Answer 22

The acquired or got more land

Question 23

Who were the triumvirate rulers?

Answer 23

Octavian, Lepidus, Antony

Question 24

How did the Pax Romana help aid the spread of Christianity?

Answer 24

they had safe and effective travel

Question 25

What is a group of people that withdraw from the world to live a life of prayer?

Answer 25

Essenes

Question 26

What is Hellenization?

Answer 26

The spread of Greek culture throughout the east.

Question 27

Describe how it paved the way for the spread of Christianity?

Answer 27

Greek religion was simple to learn and it laid the foundation for Christianity.
Greek language was used in the letters of St Paul and the gospel of John
Plato and Aristotle provided ideas for Catholic Theology