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38 Cards in this Set
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What did the Zealots believe?
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The Zealots urged violent opposition to Roman rule
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Which king allowed the Israelites to retun to Jerusalem
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Cyrus, king of Persia
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What barbaric country dud Julius Caesar conquer for Rome? and what significance did this have for Christianity
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Julius conquered Gaul. The political and language unification of the country made it easier for Christianity to spread.
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At the time of the dispersion, where did Peter tell the apostles to go?
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Throughout the known world
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What did the Essenes believe?
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They went to the desert to await the Messiah because they believed that all Jews had forsaken God
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Conquered Judah
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Babylonians
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What did the Sadducees believe?
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This group centered on the Temple and cooperated with Herod and the Romans
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Known as the birthday of the church because it was the day the Apostles were transformed into courageous men for Christ by the Holy Spirit
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Pentecost
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What did the Pharisees believe
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Made extra-strict interpretation of the law of Moses
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Examples of Athen's Golden Age
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The parthenon, the Acropolis, Sophocles, Euclid's geometry, Socrates, and Aristotle
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Who were the Machabeeans fighting and why were they fighting?
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The Greeks; the Greeks set up idols all over jeruslaem and forced the Jews to offer sacrifices to them
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Dates before writing was invented
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Prehistoric times
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The record of events which have made a difference in the world
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History
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The two divisions into which dates are placed which represent the days before and after the birth of Christ
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AD and BC
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Pagan gods, brought into Israel by Jezebel, which demanded the killing of children as a sacrifice
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Baal and Astarte
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After Alexander's death, what happened to the kingdom
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It was divided into 5 parts, 3 of which were the most important powers
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The first king of Israel
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Saul
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Athens used this form of government which made it unique among ancient civilizations. It was one in which all citizens made the laws and set policy for the city
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Pure democracy
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Led the Israelites after Moses
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Joshua
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The persecutions that took place during the reign of Diocletian was because of what
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The influence of Galerius
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The most important event that ever happened
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The Incarnation of Jesus
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During what battle was te temple demolished?
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Between the Zealots and the Romans
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Who were the Romans fighting in the Punic Wars? Where were the battles taking place?
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The Phoenicians or Carthaginians; battles took place in Carthage and Italy
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Why did Jesus change Simon's name to Peter
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Peter means Rock and He intended Peter to be the foundation stone on which the Church would be built
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Conquered Israel
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The Assyrians
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Has fewer books because it includes only those books originally written in Hebrew
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Protestant Bible
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Wo was the first apostle to suffer martyrdom
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James the Greater
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Victorius after the Persian Wars
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Athens
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What was Alexander the Great's greatest feat?
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Uniting the East to the West
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The Roman emperor who hated the Christians and persecuted them and sent them to the Circus to be persecuted in front of the Roman citizens
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Nero
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Consisted of the years 800-899
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Ninth Century
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Where Alexander the great died
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Babylon
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Why are there different versions of the Bible
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Because there are different translations of the original language
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Worked to convert the people of Malabar
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Thomas
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What was Alexander the Great's acheivement in relation to the Catholic Church
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Aided the Chrch to spread throughout the world
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Distighishes civilization from barbarism
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Presence of true cities and the use of writing
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Had a vision of a cross with the words"In this sign you will conquer"
Influenced him to battle Maxentius for Rome Issued the Edict of Milan, declaring that Christian must not be persecuted |
Constantine
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Had great ambitions to March to the Eastern Ocean
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Alexander the Great
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