Rome and Christianity Section 1 (p. 322-328)

Rome and Christianity

Chapter 11

Packet 2

Name: ______

Teacher: ______

Directions: Read pages 322-324. Answer the following questions.

1.  What is an orator? ______

2.  Why did the Senators consider Julius Caesar a threat? ______

3.  How did the military help Caesar rise to power? ______

4.  Who took over after Caesar’s death? ______

5.  How did Octavian take power from Marc Antony? ______

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6.  Why is it significant that Octavian did not take the title of Dictator?

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7.  Interpret the cartoon.

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Directions: Read pages 325-328. Answer the following questions.

1.  What is the Pax Romana? ______

2.  Why did trade increase during the Pax Romana? ______

3.  What is an aqueduct? ______

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4.  Latin is no longer spoken. Why do you think we still study it? ______

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5.  Describe how each Roman achievement is used today:

Engineering
Language
Law
Literature

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Matching: In the space provided, write the letter of the term, place, or person
that matches each description. Some answers will not be used.

Rome and Christianity Section 1 (p. 322-328)

1. Philosopher who tried to stop the chaos in Rome’s government

2. A public speaker

3. The most powerful Roman general

4. Outlying areas controlled by Romans

5. Used by Romans for money

6. The first 200 years of peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire

7. A raised channel used to carry water from mountains to the cities

8. He wrote poems about Roman mythology

9. Latin languages that included Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian

10. A legal system based on a written code
of laws


a. aqueduct

b. Cicero

c. civil law

d. codes

e. currency

f. fresco

g. Julius Caesar

h. orator

i. Ovid

j. Pax Romana

k. provinces

l. Romance

m. vault

The Roman Empire and Christianity Section 2 (p.333-338)

Directions: Place the name of the God/Goddess in the correct box.

Greek God/Goddess / Roman God/Goddess / Description
Chief Goddess, marriage
Goddess of beauty
Goddess of hunting
Goddess of wisdom
Goddess of harvest, nature
Goddess of the Earth
Chief God, sky and air
God of poetry, music, sun
God of war
God of blacksmiths
Messenger of the Gods
God of the sea

The Roman Empire and Christianity Section 2 (p.333-338)

Aphrodite

Apollo

Ares

Artemis

Athena

Ceres

Demeter

Diana

Hephaistos

Hera

Hermes

Hestia

Juno

Jupiter

Mars

Mercury

Minerva

Neptune

Poseidon

Venus

Vesta

Vulcan

Zeus

(one is used twice)

The Roman Empire and Christianity Section 2 (p.333-338)

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Directions: Read pages 333-338 and fill in notes as you read.

Jews

·  Jews had one ______-monotheist

·  Jew were allowed to keep their religion in Rome, but were heavily ______

·  So they ______

·  Then, Judaism was ______

·  Jews were forced to leave their home in Judea and ______was destroyed

A new religion

·  Called ______

·  Based on the life and teaching of ______

·  Holy book was called the ______

o  2 mains parts-old and new ______

§  Old- Hebrew bible

§  New- Christian bible

·  Messiah

o  ______(by God)

·  Birth of Jesus changed the ______from BC to AD

·  Jesus

o  Went around teaching ______

o  Arrested because what he taught went against the ______of Rome

o  Killed by ______

§  Being nailed to a cross

o  3 days later he rose from the ______-resurrection-showing he was the messiah

·  ______-12 disciples whom Jesus chose to receive special training

o  They were Jesus’ followers

o  Had the Last ______with him before he died

·  ______-Emperor who removed the ban on Christianity and made Rome Christian

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Fill in the Blank: Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with the word from the word pair that best completes each sentence.

1. When the ______conquered people, they generally allowed them to keep their own religious beliefs and customs. (Romans/Gauls)

2. At the beginning of the first century AD, a new religion appeared in Judea called ______. (Judaism/Christianity)

3. The Jews were waiting for the ______, which means “God’s Chosen One.” (Resurrection/Messiah)

4. The ______is the holy book of Christianity. (Bible/Old Testament)

5. ______was a type of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross. (Persecution/Crucifixion)

6. Christians refer to Jesus’ rise from the dead as the ______. (Messiah/Resurrection)

7. The ______were 12 men whom Jesus chose to receive special training. (Apostles/disciples)

8. ______of Tarses traveled throughout the Roman world spreading Christian teachings. (Jesus/Paul)

9. People who die for their religious beliefs are called ______. (disciples/martyrs)

10. ______means punishing a group because of its beliefs. (Crucifixion/Persecution)

The Roman Empire and Christianity Section 3 (p. 339-343)

True/False: Read the FALSE statements below. Replace each underlined word with one from the word bank that makes each sentence TRUE.


1. Convinced that the empire was too big for one person to rule, Constantine divided it in two.

2. The new capital of the Roman Empire was called Turkey.

3. The Huns, led by a fearsome leader named Gaul, raided Roman territory in the east.

4. Emperor Constantine reconquered parts of the fallen empire.

5. The Germanic Empire arose from the eastern part of the Roman Empire.

In each circle, list factors that led to the fall of Rome.