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ROME AND
CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER 11
PACKET 2
NAME: _____________________________________
TEACHER: ______________________________
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Rome and Christianity
Section 1 (p. 322-328)
DIRECTIONS: Read pages 322-324. Answer the following questions.
1. What is an orator? ______________________________
2. Why did the Senators consider Julius Caesar a threat?
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3. How did the military help Caesar rise to power?
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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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Rome and Christianity
Section 1 (p. 322-328)
DIRECTIONS: Read pages 325-328. Answer the following questions.
1. What is the Pax Romana? ______________________________
2. Why did trade increase during the Pax Romana?
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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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Rome and Christianity
Section 1 (p. 322-328)
MATCHING: In the space provided, write the letter of the term, place, or
person
that matches each description. Some answers will not be used.
____ 1. Philosopher who tried to stop the chaos in
Rome’s government
a. aqueduct
b. Cicero
____ 2. A public speaker
____ 3. The most powerful Roman general
____ 4. Outlying areas controlled by Romans
c. civil law
d. codes
____ 5. Used by Romans for money
e. currency
____ 6. The first 200 years of peace and prosperity
in the Roman Empire
f. fresco
____ 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
g. Julius Caesar
h. orator
i. Ovid
j. Pax Romana
k. provinces
l. Romance
m. vault
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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
Aphrodite
Apollo
Ares
Artemis
Athena
Ceres
Demeter
Diana
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Hephaistos
Hera
Hermes
Hestia
Juno
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Minerva
Neptune
Poseidon
Venus
Vesta
Vulcan
Zeus
(one is used twice)
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The Roman Empire and Christianity
Section 2 (p.333-338)
Directions: Read pages 333-338 and fill in notes as you read.
Jews
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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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The Roman Empire and Christianity
Section 2 (p.333-338)
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)
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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.
Diocletian
Constantinople
Attila
Byzantine
Justinian
1. Convinced that the empire was too big for one person to rule, Constantine
divided it in two.
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2. The new capital of the Roman Empire was called Turkey.
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3. The Huns, led by a fearsome leader named Gaul, raided Roman territory in the
east.
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4. Emperor Constantine reconquered parts of the fallen empire.
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5. The Germanic Empire arose from the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
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In each circle, list factors that led to the fall of Rome.
Fall of
Roman
Empire