Christianity Chapter 16

Christianity is based on:

• the teachings of Socrates in Greece

• the teachings of Jesus in Palestine

• the beliefs of the Hindus in India

• the Roman mythology

Jesus taught that people should

• hate the Romans

• love their enemies

• worship many gods

• fight for their freedom from the Romans

Jesus promised that people who believed in him would

• enjoy great wealth

• have everlasting life after death

• become powerful kings and queens

• always be happy and healthy

The missionary Paul

• stopped believing in Christianity

• turned people against Christianity

• spread Christianity to Jews and Gentiles

• preached only in Jerusalem

Many people converted to Christianity because it:

• taught people how to get rich

• taught people how to lie and steal

• gave people such as the poor and slaves hope in troubled times

• taught people how to be good citizens

Differences among the Christians in the Eastern and Western empires led to:

• a split in the Christian church

• the end of Christianity

• a war among Christians

• there to be two different Popes.

The teaching if Jesus led to a new religion called:

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Christianity

In time, Christianity

• spread throughout the Roman Empire

• disappeared in the Roman Empire

• was practiced only by the rich

• was practiced only by the slaves

Why did the Romans decide that Christians were different and should be persecuted?

• Their numbers became so large in a short time.

• They failed to stop the spread of Christianity.

• The opposed the idea of worshipping the Emperor as God.

• They tried to influence others to disobey Roman law.

How did the Christians become martyrs?

• They obeyed Roman laws but practiced their own religion

• They were put to death because of their beliefs

• They attacked the fact that Romans worshipped too many gods

• They converted many Romans to their point of view