Flashcards in Test 11. Ch 12 Deck (34)
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First great missionary of the Christian church
Paul the apostle
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Roman Emperor who made it a crime to be a Christian
Nero
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An early Christian martyr who refused to blaspheme God
Polycarp
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Roman Emperor who gave Christians freedom to worship
Constantine
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First man to translate the entire Bible into English
Wycliffe
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A Bohemian burned at the stake for preaching that only Christ could forgive sin
Huss
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The man who invented the printing press
Gutenberg
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An armed man who fought other men in the Colosseum for sport
Gladiator
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Christians who were willing to give up their lives rather than denying the Lord
Martyrs
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Underground cemeteries beneath the city of Rome
Catacombs
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Huge outdoor arena in Rome
Colosseum
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Tribes that invaded Rome
Visigoths and Vandals
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A special court set up to try and punish heretics
The Inquisition
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The head of the Roman Catholic Church
The pope
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New capital of the eastern Roman empire built by Constantine
Constantinople
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The land owned by a lord during the Middle Ages
Manor
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Trained warriors who promised to help the Lord by his enemies
Knights
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The efforts to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks
The Crusades
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The event that began the Middle Ages
The fall of Rome
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Men who lived in monasteries and copied Scriptures by hand
Monks
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A long trip taken for religious purposes
Pilgrimage
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The country where the Protestant Reformation began
Germany
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People who worked the Lord's land
Peasants
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Most important invention in history of the world
The printing press
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The Ninety-Five Theses was nailed to the church door by this man
Martin Luther
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The largest country in the world
Russia
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World's largest lake
Caspian Sea
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Highest mountain in the Alps
Monte Blanc
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The only continent with no large desert
Europe
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