Deck 5: Disruption and Renewal in West Asia and Europe

Question 1

Identification
Sadducees

Answer 1

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Question 2

Identification
Zealots

Answer 2

not answer

Question 3

Identification
Qumran

Answer 3

not answer

Question 4

Identification
Sanhedrin

Question 5

Which statement about Judaism or Jewish-Roman relations in the early Roman Empire is false?

A)There were divergences among groups such as the Sadducees and Pharisees.
B)The Zealots and Sicarii urged armed insurrection.
C)The revolt of 66-70 C.E. ended in a treaty favorable to the Jews.
D)The destruction of the temple in Jerusalem permanently embittered Jews against Romans.
E)none of these choices

Question 6

Direct Roman control was first instituted in Palestine by

A)Alexander the Great.
B)Scipio Africanus.
C)Scipio Judaeus.
D)Pompey the Great.
E)Augustus.

Question 7

Identification
Josephus

Question 8

Identification
Essenes

Question 9

The Essene community at Qumran has been intensively compared with

A)Greek pagans.
B)Pythagoreans.
C)early Christians.
D)Zoroastrians.
E)Buddhist monks.

Question 10

The literal translation of "sicarii" is

A)thirsty ones.
B)dagger-men.
C)archers or bowmen.
D)traitors to Judaism.
E)none of these choices

Question 11

Identification
Sicarii

Question 12

Eleazer was the

A)leader of Roman forces at the siege of Jerusalem.
B)leader of Jewish rebels at Jerusalem.
C)leader of Jewish rebels at Masada.
D)chief historian of the Jewish War.
E)none of these choices

Question 13

Identification
Pharisees

Question 14

Identification
Talmud

Question 15

Pontius Pilate was a

A)Roman quaestor.
B)Jewish rabbi.
C)Pharisee.
D)Roman prefect.
E)none of these choices

Question 16

Which of the following was not among the requirements that members of the Qumran community had to abide by?

A)to be just in dealings with others
B)to be truthful
C)to be pious toward God
D)to be baptized
E)none of these choices

Question 17

The scattering of Jews around the eastern Mediterranean in the aftermath of the destruction of Jerusalem is known as

A)Holocaust.
B)deportation.
C)Diaspora.
D)pogrom.
E)none of these choices

Question 18

Herod's new port city was

A)Caesarea Maritima.
B)Tyre.
C)Sidon.
D)Gaza.
E)Tel Aviv.

Question 19

Identification
Diaspora

Question 20

Identification
Masada

Question 21

Identification
Vulgate Bible

Question 22

Identification
Jesus

Question 23

Identification
Gospels

Question 24

Describe how the Dead Sea Scrolls came to be recovered.

Question 25

Identification
papacy

Question 26

Identification
Edict of Milan

Question 27

Identification
Galerius

Question 28

Distinguish briefly between Pharisees and Sadducees.

Question 29

Identification
Nicene Creed

Question 30

Identification
Edict of Toleration

Question 31

Identification
Constantine

Question 32

Identification
Paul of Tarsus

Question 33

Identification
Great Persecution

Question 34

Identification
Eucharist

Question 35

Identification
Augustine

Question 36

Identification
Jerome

Question 37

Identification
codex

Question 38

What effect did the loss of their temple at Jerusalem have on the attitudes and observances of devote Jews?

Question 39

What is the Talmud, and how is it important in the history of Judaism?

Question 40

Identification
The City of God

Question 41

The most severe persecution of Christians was begun by

A)Nero in 64.
B)Domitian in 81.
C)Decius in 181.
D)Diocletian in 303.
E)Galerius in 311.

Question 42

Identification
Aachen

Question 43

"Man cannot live on bread alone..." According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus concludes this thought by saying

A)"he must also have water."
B)"he must also have wine."
C)"he lives on every word that God utters."
D)"he lives on my body and blood."
E)none of these

Question 44

The man known as "the Apostle to the Gentiles" was

A)Matthew.
B)Mark.
C)Luke.
D)Augustine.
E)Paul.

Question 45

Among the more recent religious imports to the early Roman Empire were the cults of

A)Jupiter and Bacchus.
B)Bacchus and Cybele.
C)Cybele and Isis.
D)Isis and Mithras.
E)none of these

Question 46

The temptation of Jesus during his forty days and nights in the desert is somewhat like the temptation of

A)Buddha.
B)Zoroaster.
C)Shiva.
D)Zeus.
E)Mithras.

Question 47

Which of the following statements about Jesus, as he is described in the Gospels, is false?

A)He respected the Jewish scriptures and agreed with the Pharisees on matters of Sabbath observance, food laws, and ritual purity.
B)He believed the Sadducees had corrupted the Jerusalem Temple for personal gain.
C)He was popular with the masses.
D)Roman and Jewish officials arrested, tried, convicted, and crucified him as an agitator.
E)none of these

Question 48

The first recorded persecution of Christians took place during the reign of

A)Augustus.
B)Nero.
C)Domitian.
D)Diocletian.
E)Galerius.

Question 49

Roman emperors could gain deification by

A)victories in battle.
B)a vote of the senate.
C)decree of the Pontifex Maximus.
D)having epic poems written about their exploits.
E)none of these

Question 50

Most mystery cults came to Rome from

A)Greece.
B)Macedon.
C)Judaea.
D)West Asia.
E)Africa.

Question 51

Identification
Attila

Question 52

Summarize the contributions of Paul of Tarsus to the growth of Christianity. Describe both his shaping of doctrine and his practical work to spread the faith.

Question 53

Identification
Benedict of Nursia

Question 54

Describe the appeal of mystery religions during the Roman Empire.

Question 55

What was the role of Constantine in the "Triumph of Christianity"?

Question 56

By the end of the fourth century, the only legal religions in the Roman Empire were

A)Judaism and Christianity.
B)Christianity and Greco-Roman paganism.
C)Christianity and Mithraism.
D)Zoroastrianism and Christianity.
E)none of these pairs

Question 57

Paul of Tarsus was a

A)Jew.
B)Greek.
C)Roman.
D)Phoenician.
E)Egyptian.

Question 58

The Emperor Trajan, in his letter to Pliny the Younger regarding policy to be followed in dealing with Christians, said that

A)they should be hunted down.
B)those who try to deny that they are (or were) Christian should not be acquitted.
C)if they are brought before you and convicted, they should be punished.
D)all of these choices
E)none of these

Question 59

The "Vulgate Bible" was a translation into

A)Greek made by Augustine.
B)Latin made by Augustine.
C)Greek made by Jerome.
D)Latin made by Jerome.
E)Latin made by Tertullian.

Question 60

Identification
Alfred the Great

Question 61

Identification
Charlemagne

Question 62

Identification
Ostrogoths

Question 63

Identification
Vinland

Question 64

Identification
Pepin

Question 65

Identification
Clovis

Question 66

Identification
Pope Leo III

Question 67

Identification
Magyars

Question 68

Identification
Huns

Question 69

Identification
Lombards

Question 70

Identification
Vandals

Question 71

Identification
Pope Gregory I

Question 72

Identification
Franks

Question 73

Identification
feudalism

Question 74

Identification
Carolingian Renaissance

Question 75

Identification
Odoacer

Question 76

Identification
Leif Erikson

Question 77

Identification
vassal

Question 78

Identification
Erik the Red

Question 79

Identification
Burgundy

Question 80

Identification
Vikings