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Chapter 11
Rome & Christianity |
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| What did Octavian do after Caesar's rule? |
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| He worked to capture Caesar's killers. |
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| Why were Roman roads primarily built? |
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| To allow Rome's armies to travel through the empire |
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| What is the main reason the Roman language spread to the farthest parts of the empire? |
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| The Romans conducted business in their language. |
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| The emperor believed that by banning certain Jewish rituals, people would |
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| Why did so many people become followers of Jesus? |
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| He traveled and taught them about his ideas. |
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| The Roman Empire fell because of disease, increased taxes, and corruption, but not because of |
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| The word that best describes the Roman approach to science and engineering is |
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| What effect did the occupation of Judea have on the Roman Empire? |
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| It caused the Jews to rebel against Roman rule. |
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| What best summarizes an effect the military battles had on farming? |
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| There were not enough farmers to grow food. |
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| Why did Roman emperors, by the end of AD 100s, start giving up land the Roman army conquered? |
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| They feared the empire had become too large to defend efficiently. |
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| Why did the Romans make payments to the Goths? |
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| To keep the Goths from attacking Rome |
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| What effect did Theodora have on the riots in AD 532? |
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| She helped the emperor put an end to the uprisings. |
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| What is one similarity between Christmas and Easter? |
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| Neither is based on an exact date in history. |
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| Between 58 and 50 BC Julius Caesar conquered nearly all of |
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| The Romans created lasting structures by using |
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| tells about the life and teachings of Jesus |
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| Romans called the capital of the eastern empire |
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| Most people in the Byzantine Empire spoke |
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| Caesar took the title princeps, or "first citizen". |
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| People who were conquered by the Romans were generally allowed to worship whatever gods they pleased. |
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| Early Christians spread the teachings of Jesus only among Jews. |
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| Early Christians believed that the Resurrection meant that Jesus was the Messiah. |
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| By the end of the AD 100s, only threats to the Roman Empire came from outside of the empire. |
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| A person who is a public speaker |
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| Outlying areas that Rome controlled |
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| A word that means "God's chosen one" in Hebrew |
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| A person who dies for his or her religious beliefs |
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| The decay of people's values |
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| A legal system based on a written code of laws |
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| A religion that began in the first century AD |
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| People who follow the teachings of another person |
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| Punishing a group because of its beliefs |
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