Study Guide Chapter 11 “Rome and Christianity”
Sections 1-2-3 pgs. 322-343 Name______
Directions: You will need to know the material below to complete the multiple choice part of your test.
1. Know one of the first things Octavian wanted to accomplish after Caesar’s murder. ______
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2. Explain why Roman roads were built. ______
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3. Know why the Roman language spread to the farthest parts of the empire. ______
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4. Recognize the result emperors were trying to achieve by banning certain Jewish rituals. ______
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5. Understand why many people became followers of Jesus. ______
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6. List reasons why the Roman Empire fell. ______
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7. Describe the Roman approach to science and engineering. ______
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8. Identify the effect the occupation of Judea had on the Roman Empire. ______
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9. Recognize the effect that military battles had on farming. ______
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10. Explain why Roman emperors started giving up land by the end of the 100s that the army had conquered.
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11. Know why the Romans frequently made payments to the Goths. ______
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12. Explain the effect Theodora had on the riots of A.D. 532. ______
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13. Understand one similarity between Christmas and Easter. ______
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Directions: You will need to know the material below to complete the completion part of your Ch. 11 test.
14. Between 58 and 50 B.C. Julius Caesar conquered nearly all of ______.
15. The Romans created lasting structures by using ______.
16. The ______tells about the life and teachings of Jesus.
17. Romans called the capital of the eastern empire ______.
18. Most people in the Byzantine Empire spoke ______.
Directions: You will need to know the definition of each term below to complete the matching part of your
Ch. 11 test.
19. orator ______
20. provinces ______
21. Messiah ______
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22. martyr ______
23. corruption ______
24. civil law ______
25. Ovid ______
26. Christianity ______
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27. disciples ______
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28. persecution ______
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