Christianity
The Spread of Christianity
The Fall of Rome 1
The Fall of Rome 2
Vocabulary
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What did the Romans believe?
That there were many gods
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Did Christians believe in the Roman gods?
No
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What is the edict of Milan?
It allowed people to be Christian
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Which soldiers were stronger? Germans or Romans?
Germans
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What is an edict?
An order
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What did the Romans do to a person if they believed in a different god?
They punished them.
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Who is Paul?
A Jewish Roman that spread Christianity around the Roman Empire.
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What is Constantinople?
The 2nd capital of Roman Empire. The town in the East.
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How did Rome get the German soldiers to fight for Rome?
They paid them.
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What are the four books about Jesus' life?
The Gospels
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How did Christianity start?
From the Jewish religion. People thought a chosen person would come to bring peace and freedom to Jewish people.
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Why did Christians life in fear?
Because many Roman emperors ordered Christians to be killed.
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Who was trying to take over Rome?
The Germans.
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Why was hiring soldiers to fight for Rome not a good idea?
If they did not get paid, they did not fight.
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Who is Emperor Constantine?
He made it legal to be Christian.
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What are the Gospels?
Stories about Jesus' life.
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Where did Emperor Constantine move to?
He moved to Greece to live in Byzantium. Then they changed the name to Constantinople.
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Why did the Visigoths want to move to Rome?
They were being attacked by The Huns.
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How did the emperor get money to pay the German soldiers?
They collected it.
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Who is the Pope?
The head of the church.
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Why were the Romans worried about people following Jesus?
The Romans thought people would become loyal to Jesus and not the Roman Empire.
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What happened to the Roman Empire after Emperor Constantine moved to Constantinople?
Rome had 2 capitals and then 2 emperors.
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Was it a good idea to let the Visigoths move into the Roman Empire? Why?
No. Because some brought weapons in and soon fighting started. In 378 AD the Visigoths beat Rome.
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What is the fall of Rome?
In 476 AD, German invaders came in defeated the last Roman Emperor and put a German king in his place.
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What does Messiah mean?
The chosen one.
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