Deck 10: Judaism and Christianity

Question 1

The Christian belief that Christ was human,and therefore less than God,was associated with________.

A) Benedict of Nursia
B) Clovis
C) Pelagius
D) Arius

Answer 1

Arius

Question 2

Which of these Jewish sects represented most Jews at the time of Christ?

A) Sadducees
B) Pharisees
C) Zealots
D) Essenes

Answer 2

Pharisees

Question 3

Which of these popes presided over the Fourth Lateran Council in 1216?

A) Urban II
B) Leo IX
C) Innocent III
D) Gregory I

Answer 3

Innocent III

Question 4

St.Benedict is best known as a founder of ________ in Western Europe.

A) the papacy
B) the Carolingian Empire
C) the kingdom of Spain
D) monasticism

Question 5

The author of The City of God was _________.

A) Benedict of Nursia
B) Arius
C) Augustine
D) Paul of Tarsus

Question 6

Which of these Jewish sects attempted to use force to end the Roman occupation?

A) Zealots
B) Essenes
C) Pharisees
D) Sadducees

Question 7

Which of these men was believed by Christians to be the Messiah?

A) Paul of Tarsus
B) Peter
C) Matthew
D) Jesus of Nazareth

Question 8

Which of these emperors first made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire?

A) Constantine
B) Decius
C) Julian
D) Justinian

Question 9

The synagogue of Dura Europos is found in modern-day ________.

A) Syria
B) Israel
C) Greece
D) Egypt

Question 10

A(n)________ is a Christian ritual.

A) ecumene
B) sacrament
C) heresy
D) bishop

Question 11

The Christians were persecuted in the first century C.E.under the emperor ________.

A) Aurelius
B) Nero
C) Valerian
D) Diocletian

Question 12

The Jewish Bible was first written down in the reign of what Jewish king?

A) Solomon
B) Josiah
C) David
D) Saul

Question 13

The church that developed in the eastern Roman Empire was________.

A) Eastern Orthodoxy
B) Catholicism
C) Pelagianism
D) Arianism

Question 14

Which of these was a follower of Jesus,who worked to organize the Christian Church?

A) Augustine
B) Benedict of Nursia
C) Paul of Tarsus
D) Matthew

Question 15

Looking at the map "Palestine at the time of Jesus," which of these was associated with the life of Christ?

A) Ascalon
B) Gaza
C) Jericho
D) Caesarea

Question 16

Which of these was an influential pope around 600 C.E.?

A) Innocent III
B) Gregory I
C) Urban II
D) Leo IX

Question 17

When a people is dispersed,usually outside of their homeland,this is called a(n)________.

A) deportation
B) exodus
C) sacrament
D) diaspora

Question 18

The portion of the TaNaKh dealing with Moses is the ________.

A) Nevi'im
B) Ketuvim
C) Hebrew Bible
D) Torah

Question 19

In the early Christian Church,at the bottom of the church hierarchy were ________.

A) deacons
B) bishops
C) presbyters
D) popes

Question 20

Looking at the map "The spread of Christianity," which of these formed the early core of the Catholic Church?

A) Spain and Italy
B) Germany and Poland
C) Bulgaria and Hungary
D) France and Italy

Question 21

The Magyars that invaded Europe in the ninth century were the ancestors of today's ________.

A) Hungarians
B) Poles
C) French
D) Scandinavians

Question 22

The Gnostic gospels prove that the four "official" Gospels ________ the life of Jesus.

A) are historical accounts of
B) provide just one version of
C) were wrong about
D) have misrepresented

Question 23

The period of exile in Babylon had the impact of ________ the Jewish people.

A) strengthening the identity
B) the diaspora
C) ending the autonomy of
D) creating new sects among

Question 24

After 135 C.E.,most Jews ________.

A) lived in Jerusalem
B) lived outside the Roman Empire
C) were part of the diaspora
D) were in rural areas

Question 25

Charlemagne's capital was at ________.

A) Paris
B) Rome
C) Aachen
D) Berlin

Question 26

Jesus was most critical of Jewish ________.

A) theology
B) popular beliefs
C) practices
D) scriptures

Question 27

The territory presided over by David was ________.

A) half of the kingdom of Israel
B) the kingdom of Judah
C) the largest Jewish state
D) a small coastal region

Question 28

Which of these Germanic kings came to the assistance of Pope Stephen II in 754?

A) Pepin III
B) Charles Martel
C) Alaric
D) Charlemagne

Question 29

When Paul wrote "There is no longer Jew or Greek," he meant that ________.

A) all were equal as Christians
B) Christianity would replace Judaism
C) the Jewish and Greek religions were being reconciled
D) the Romans had conquered both Israel and Greece

Question 30

By around 600 C.E.,Jewish settlements ________.

A) stretched around the Mediterranean
B) were confined to the region of Jerusalem
C) were spreading to Anatolia
D) had disappeared from the Middle East

Question 31

Saints Cyril and Methodius are best known for their conversion of ________.

A) Russia
B) Germany
C) Spain
D) Britain

Question 32

Early Christianity is best considered a(n)________.

A) alternative to Judaism
B) product of divisions with Judaism
C) branch of the Pharisees
D) political movement

Question 33

The TaNaKh is best characterized as ________.

A) a historical record
B) a miscellaneous collection
C) folk tales
D) an epic

Question 34

The term Messiah indicates that Christianity emerged in a ________ context.

A) Roman
B) secular
C) revolutionary
D) Jewish

Question 35

In the period of Solomon,the Jewish state was ________.

A) divided by religious controversy
B) at its strongest
C) politically divided
D) beginning a period of growth

Question 36

Looking at "Paul's missionary journeys," which of these is illustrated?

A) the persecution of Christianity in the Roman world
B) the rapid spread of Christianity throughout the Roman world
C) the early association of Christianity with the Greek world
D) the role of Jesus in spreading Christianity

Question 37

A key appeal of Christianity was that this religion ________.

A) had a strong appeal for men
B) was equated with opposition to Roman rule
C) was monotheistic
D) welcomed those of all classes

Question 38

Paul can be said to have ________ Christianity.

A) been the greatest enemy of
B) shaped and organized
C) founded
D) limited the spread of

Question 39

Which of these men was crowned Roman Emperor in 800?

A) Justinian
B) Charlemagne
C) Clovis
D) Leo III

Question 40

The Ten Tribes of Israel were "lost" in the sense that ________.

A) their location was unknown
B) their homeland was lost
C) the Jewish kingdom split into Israel and Judah
D) they abandoned their faith

Question 41

What were the most important lines of development in Judaism?

Question 42

The reign of Constantine ________ on the spread of Christianity.

A) accelerated
B) initiated
C) slowed
D) temporarily halted

Question 43

Which of these provide the best analogy for the relationship between Judaism and Christianity?

A) Hinduism and Buddhism
B) Shinto and Buddhism
C) Confucianism and Daoism
D) Mahayana and Tantric Buddhism

Question 44

Compare Judaism to one of the other religions studied so far.Especially consider the role of each outside of the strictly religious sphere.

Question 45

Unlike Buddhism,Christianity ________.

A) spread and divided into different sects
B) developed a system of monasteries
C) focused on the worship of God
D) focus on the life of one man

Question 46

As a historical source,the TaNaKh should be considered ________.

A) accurate in its details
B) mythical and very useless
C) accurate both in its details and in its outline
D) extremely biased

Question 47

Is Christianity a Jewish sect? Why or why not?

Question 48

Which of these best characterizes the work of Augustine?

A) His work popularized Christianity.
B) It ended the hostility between Judaism and Christianity.
C) It helped to place Christianity in the context of classical learning.
D) His work was influential in the spread of Christianity in the Greek world.

Question 49

On the map "The spread of Christianity," which of these countries was responsible for the conversion of much of Britain and Germany?

A) Ireland
B) Spain
C) France
D) Poland

Question 50

Charlemagne's empire is best described as ________.

A) considerably larger than the Roman Empire
B) extensive but short-lived
C) nonexistent
D) comprising most of Europe

Question 51

How did its emergence in the Roman context help to mold Christianity?

Question 52

In diplomatic exchanges between Charlemagne and Harun-al-Rashid,________ were key to establishing good relations.

A) personal meetings
B) gifts
C) treaties
D) exchanging ambassadors

Question 53

In Merovingian France,conversion to Christianity came primarily ________.

A) through influential women
B) from the bottom up
C) via a chain of newly founded monasteries
D) from the top down

Question 54

Which of these is accurately reflected in "Map of the world by Heinrich Bunting"?

A) the shape of Europe
B) the relative sizes of Europe and Africa
C) the place of Jerusalem near the meeting of three continents
D) the position of India in Asia

Question 55

How did Paul and Augustine reshape Christianity? Would you consider these modifications profound or superficial?