5.3 The spread of christianity

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5.3 The spread of Christianity 

How did Christian people called non-christians who believed in multiple gods in the Middle Ages?

1. Non-believers
2. Pagans
3. Gods
4. Monasteries

Heathens

During the early Middle Ages, a lot of people are heathens:

people that do not believe in Christ, but in nature gods. 

It is the job of missionaries to convert them to christianities. 

Missionaries

Missionaries were people who travelled around to convert people to Christianity. 

They did this by celebrating christian holidays on the same days as heathen holidays. 

This way, it was easier to change to Christianity for a lot of people. 

How did people spread christianity?

1. To tell people stories from the Bible
2. With destroying villages
3. With war
4. With bribing heathens

The spread of christianity is a ...... change.

1. Economic
2. Political
3. Cultural
4. Social

Where did christianity spread?

1. Everywhere in what used to be the Roman Empire.
2. In the northern and eastern part of the old Roman Empire.
3. In the Middle East and North-Africa
4. Asia Minor and Greece.

Who spread christianity?

1. bishops
2. knights
3. missionaries
4. monks

Which description best fits the term/concept 'convert'?

1. make someone take another religion
2. convince someone to become a Christian
3. convincing someone not to accept a religion
4. Convert is another word for the Roman religion

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Homework

Finish knowledge and skills of 5.3 on page 27