The first person to practice Judaism was:
A) Justinian
B) Constantine
C) Abraham
D) Moses
What is C - Abraham?
100
The type of death Jesus suffered by being nailed on the cross. A) crucifixion B) execution C) lethal injections
D) capital punishment
What is A - crucifixion?
100
Two Jewish rules from the Torah that Jesus emphasized in his teachings.
What is Love God and Love other people?
200
A person known and admired for his holiness.
What is a saint?
200
Pictures made with pieces of colored stone or glass.
What is mosaics?
200
The influence of which language and culture most changed the Byzantine Empire?
A) Greek B) Latin C) English D) Italian
What is A - Greek?
200
Discrimination against Jews.
A) kosher B) anti-Semitism C) prejudice D) diaspora
What is B - anti-Semitism?
200
The three parts of the Trinity.
What is God the Father, Jesus the Son, The Holy Spirit?
300
The most sacred text of Judaism.
What is the Torah?
300
Jewish religious leaders.
What are rabbis?
300
The person often thought to be the head of the whole Christian church. A) bishop B) pope C) priest D) minister
What is B - pope?
300
The leader who reunited the old Roman Empire by taking Italy and other areas around the Mediterranean.
A) Peter B) Paul C) Constantine D) Justinian
What is D - Justinian?
300
Two Continents or Two Seas that meet at Constantinople?
What is Europe and Asia or Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea?
400
A religion based on the life/teachings of Jesus.
What is Christianity?
400
Another name for the Eastern Roman Empire.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
400
The holiday that Jews celebrate by lightning and burning candles in a menorah for eight days and by exchanging gifts each of the eight nights.
A) Yom Kippur B) Passover C)Rosh Hashanah D) Hanukkah
What is D - Hanukkah?
400
The holiday when Jews ask God to forgive their sins.
A) Rosh Hashanah B) Passover C) Yom Kippur D) Hanukka
What is C - Yom Kippur?
400
Two of the Three names we discussed in class that are used to name Jewish house of worship.
What are Synagogue, Temple, or Shul?
500
The religion of the Hebrews (Israelites).
What is Judaism?
500
Jesus' rise from the dead.
What is Resurrection?
500
The people who captured Constantinople and brought an end to the Roman Empire.
A) Ottoman Turks B) Byzantines C) Arabs D) Greeks
What is A - Ottoman Turks?
500
Stories that Jesus told to explain complicated ideas in ways that most people could understand.
A) poems B) parables C) apostles D) commentaries
What is B - parables?
500
The first Roman leader who made Christianity acceptable in the Roman Empire.