The Rise of the Christian Kingdoms

Match the following

• Jesus

• an important Christian apostle

• parable

• a story used to teach an idea, often used by Jesus

• Paul

• founder of Christianity

• gospel

• one of the four accounts of Jesus's life in the New Testament

• Constantine

• first Christian emperor and the founder of Constantinople

Match the following

• Edict of Milan

• to come back to life

• messiah

• the deliverer promised by God to the Jewish people

• saint

• a holy person

• resurrection

• the decree that made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire

• pope

• bishop of Rome and leader of the Roman Catholic Church

Put the leadership of the church in order from most to least authority.

• laity

• priests

• patriarchs

• archbishops

• bishops

What did Jesus's followers believe happened to him just days after he was died on the cross?

• He went to heaven.

• He was resurrected.

• He was celebrated as a saint in Rome.

• He brought eggs to his followers.

What makes up the Old Testament of the Christian bible?

• Jewish Sacred Writings

• Muslim Sacred Writings

• Hindu Sacred Writiings

• Buddhist Sacred Writings

Which culture was the most influential in the Byzantine Empire? (think language)

• Egyptian

• Persian

• Roman

• Greek

This Byzantine Emperor created a code of law to make the laws simpler, more organized, and less confusing.

• Constantine

• Justinian

• Nero

• Caligula

These people spread Christianity as missionaries; cared for the poor, sick, and homeless; educated children; and preserved writings from Greece and Rome.

• nuns and monks

• apostles and disciples

• priests and rabbis

• zealots and sadducees

Christianity was able to provide comfort to their followers because of the belief in an

• afterlife

• alternate universes

• inner peace

• all seeing eye

Christianity spread because of peace in the area, shared languages, and Roman what?

• ships

• coliseums

• roads

• aqueducts