Christianity first arose in the first century CE in a Roman province at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. Which province was it?

The first followers of Christianity came from the communities of which older religious tradition?

Christian tradition describes Jesus as a Jewish teacher from a region in the north of Roman-ruled Judea. Which region is that?

Early Christian missionaries often first visited Jewish communities settled in cities far from Judea. What is the term for a people scattered outside their homeland?

How did the Roman Empire's network of paved roads affect the early spread of Christianity?

Which language was so widely used across the eastern Roman Empire that early Christian writings could circulate in it among many different peoples?

Early Christian missionaries traveled during a long era of relative peace and safe travel across the Roman Empire. What is that era called?

Christians hold that there is one God. What is the word for the belief in a single god?

Why did some Roman officials treat Christians in the empire as disloyal?

Roman authorities at times punished Christians as a group because of their worship. What is the term for official punishment of a group for its religion?

Before Christian worship was legal in the Roman Empire, where did most Christian groups in Roman cities gather?

Christians in the city of Rome buried their dead in long underground passages cut into soft rock outside the city walls. What are those passages called?

What is the name of the collection of writings that Christians joined to the Hebrew scriptures to form the Christian Bible?

The New Testament opens with four accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus. What are these four accounts called?

How did early Christian missionaries mainly stay in contact with communities they had founded in distant Roman cities?

In the Roman world, what title was given to the leader who oversaw the Christian community of a whole city?

In the early 300s CE the emperor Constantine changed Christianity's position in the empire. What did he do?

By the end of the 300s CE, what position did Christianity hold in the Roman Empire?

Within the first century CE, Christian communities had appeared in Roman cities outside Judea, such as Antioch and Corinth.

Christianity spread through the Roman Empire mainly because Roman legions conquered new lands for it.