Starter quiz
- What is a missionary?
- a religious person who is sent to places to tell others about that religion ✓
- a historian who writes about ancient and modern religions
- an explorer who discovers new religions and gods
- a religious person who is sent to places to teach others about all religions
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- In the 4th Century, where in north-east Africa did Christianity spread to?
- the Kingdom of Kush
- the Egyptian Empire
- the Carthaginian State
- the Kingdom of Askum ✓
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- What appeared on Aksumite coins that shows the spread of Christianity?
- images of Jesus
- Christian crosses ✓
- stories about Jesus
- images of Frumentius
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- Complete the sentence. The Ezana stone tells the story of King Ezana’s ______ to Christianity.
- 'conversion' ✓
- What was King Ezana's stele?
- a large church inscribed with Christian imagery
- a large temple inscribed with Christian imagery
- a large obelisk inscribed with Christian imagery ✓
- a large tablet inscribed with Christian imagery
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- Complete the sentence. Churches carved into mountains with Christian ______ were found that tells us that Christianity continued in Askum after King Ezana's reign.
- 'paintings' ✓
Exit quiz
- Complete the sentence. To be treated unfairly and sometimes harmed because of your beliefs is called ______.
- 'persecution' ✓
- Which Roman emperor was the first Christian emperor?
- Caesar
- Nero
- Augustus
- Constantine ✓
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- Which Christian traditions developed from the division of the Roman Empire?
- Eastern Orthodox Church ✓
- Anglican Church
- Roman Catholic Church ✓
- Methodist Church
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- Complete the sentence. The head of the Roman Catholic Church is called the ______.
- 'pope' ✓
- What was the major difference between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church?
- The Eastern Orthodox Church did not use the Bible as their holy book.
- The Eastern Orthodox Church did not have bishops, priests and deacons.
- The Eastern Orthodox Church did not recognise the pope's supremacy. ✓
- The Eastern Orthodox Church did not believe in the Holy Trinity.
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- Where was one of the earliest Christian kingdoms in the world?
- 'the Kingdom of Askum' ✓
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Key learning points
- Early Christians were persecuted in the Roman Empire, but under Constantine, the faith was encouraged and it spread.
- The division of the Roman Empire led to slightly different Christian traditions in each part.
- The Byzantine Empire carried on after the fall of Rome, but did not recognise the Pope's supremacy.
- A separate Christian tradition also emerged in the African kingdom of Aksum.
- A good story about the way Christianity grew will use knowledge from across this unit.
Common misconception
The only Church to emerge from the Roman Empire is the Roman Catholic Church.
Two Christian Churches with slightly different ideologies emerged: the Roman Catholic Church was a product of the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Orthodox Church developed in the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
Keywords
Persecution - persecution is the unfair and cruel treatment of people because of their beliefs
Constantine - Constantine was the first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire
Tradition - a tradition is the beliefs and behaviours of a group of people that develop over a long period of time
Pope - the Pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church
Missionary - a missionary is a religious person who is sent to other places to tell others about that religion
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