Armenian History Midterm Test 7th Grade PDF

Armenian History Midterm test,7th grade 1 After the fall of the Armenian Ardashesian kingdom, which royal dynasty ruled over Armenia?( Chapter 1) - The Arshagouni dynasty 2.Who became the first king of the Armenian Arshagouni dynasty? - Drtad became the first king 3.Whose brother was he? -...

Armenian History Midterm test,7th grade 1 After the fall of the Armenian Ardashesian kingdom, which royal dynasty ruled over Armenia?( Chapter 1) - The Arshagouni dynasty 2.Who became the first king of the Armenian Arshagouni dynasty? - Drtad became the first king 3.Whose brother was he? - Drag was king vagharshags brother 4.Why were the Armenians closer with Parthians? - Because both belong to indo-european tribes and both kings are from arshagouni family. Chapter 3 and 4: The introduction of christianity in Armenia, The separation of Armenia and creation of the Armenian alphabet 5 When was Armenia first separated into Eastern and Western Armenia?Who were the two countries that separated Armenia? - 16th century 6, Who were the 2 apostles that brought Christianity into Armenia? - St. Bartholomew and St. Thaddeus. 7,Why is the Armenian church called Apostolic? - believes in apostolic succession through the apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus 7.What does it mean B.C, and A.D.? Ք. Ա and Ք. Ե. - B.C is before christ and A.D is after death 8.We know that Armenia became the first country in the world that accepted Christianity as a state religion? Which year did it happen? - About 1700 years before our time, 9.Who was the king of Armenia at that time? - Drtag 10.Who was Grigor Lusavorich? - founder and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. 11.Before Christianity, what was the religion of the Armenian people? - atheist religion 12. There is only one preserved pagan temple in Armenia,What’s the name of it? - Garni Temple 13.In ancient Armenian religion, who was the creator of the universe, the father of all gods? - Aramazd 14.Who was the goddess of motherhood? She was called the Golden mother. - Anahid 15.Who was the god of bravery? - Vahagn 16.Why was it important for Armenians to become Christian? - To keep our identity and its the only true way. 17.When was the Armenian Alphabet created? - In the 4th century or 405 18. Who is the creator of the Armenian alphabet? - Mesrop Mashtots 19.How many letters did he create? - 32 later on 2 more got added to the alphabet 20.Who was the king of Armenia at that time? - Artashes IV, 21.Who was the head of the Armenian church at that time? - drtag. 22.What was the first book that was translated into Armenian? - The bible 23.Where was Mesrop Mashdots born? - taron 24.Where is he buried? - in a cell under the main altar of this church. In oshakan, armenian 25.Who wrote a book about Mesrop Mashtots’s life?( one of his students wrote it, write his name). - Koryun Chapter 6:Fight for religion and national identity 26.In the 4th century a Zoroastrian Persion king ordered Armenians to change their religion.What was his name? - Hazard II. 27.Who was Vartan Mamigonian? - A minister of armenia 28.Who was Vasag Syuni? - A minister of armenia 29.When did the main battle take place? - 451 A.D + 30. Where did it happen( name of the field)? - In the Avarayr field. 31.Why do we call Vasak Syuni a traitor? - He leaves the rebellion and is known for this, because he left his people alone in a tough situation. Chapter 8:Arabs in Armenia 32.When did the Arabs come to Armenia?  - Starting from 652 AD 33.Who led the Armenian fight against Arabs? - Teotoros Rechdouni 34.Eventually he could sign a treaty with Arabs.What were the conditions? - they did not have to pay taxes for 3 years, and after those 3 years only had to pay taxes annually. - the Armenians could have also kept a 15 thousand person army. - The Arabs also promised to always protect the Armenians from outside threats. 35.What was the name of the Armenian capital at that time? - Tvin 36.How many years did Arabs stay in Armenia? - 240 years 4.How many years did the Arshagouni dynasty rule over Armenia?