Belief Systems That Travelled · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Faiths that packed a suitcase

History · World History · ages 11-13
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. What helps a faith travel well?

    • A rule that only locals may join
    • Holy books plus simple joining and missionaries
    • No teachers at all

  2. Which pair of faiths spread far past their birthplace?

    • Buddhism and Christianity
    • Only one village cult
    • Two unnamed local rites

  3. When a ruler adopts a new faith, crowds often follow.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Chinese Buddhists blended their faith with Daoism. What does this show?

    • Faiths freeze and never change
    • Faiths change as they settle in new places
    • China banned all faiths

  5. Paul of Tarsus travelled the Roman Empire writing letters of advice. What role is he playing?

    • A missionary spreading the faith
    • A tax clerk counting coins
    • A general leading armies

  6. Why did Christianity suit the Roman Empire's roads?

    • Roads and seas let teachers, letters and travellers move
    • Rome had no roads
    • Only soldiers could read

  7. Two faiths both travel with traders, yet one stays small. Which reason fits best?

    • It has kinder monks
    • It owns more camels
    • It demands birth into one people and keeps no books

  8. A pupil says the laughing Budai proves Buddhism never changed in China. What is the error?

    • Budai is Indian, not Chinese
    • Budai is the proof of change: a Chinese face of Buddhism
    • China never met Buddhism
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  1. Holy books plus simple joining and missionaries · Portable faiths welcome strangers and send sharers.
  2. Buddhism and Christianity · Both crossed continents instead of staying with one people.
  3. True · Constantine's backing and Ashoka's turn both pulled thousands along.
  4. Faiths change as they settle in new places · Local ideas reshape each faith that arrives.
  5. A missionary spreading the faith · His trips and letters planted churches far from Judaea.
  6. Roads and seas let teachers, letters and travellers move · Empire travel turned local news into continental faith.
  7. It demands birth into one people and keeps no books · Closed joining and no portable teachings pin a faith down.
  8. Budai is the proof of change: a Chinese face of Buddhism · New lands give old faiths new faces.
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