Capitals
Constantinople
What is the eastern capital of the Roman Empire?
Bosporus Strait
What is the perfect location for a capital?
Great Schism
What is the official split between the Roman Catholic and Byzantine churches (now Greek Orthodox) that occurred in 1054?
Chariot Races
Where did Justinian and Theodora meet?
Hagia Sophia
What is the most famous example of Byzantine architecture that changes from being a Christian church to a Muslim mosque?
Rome
What is the capital of the Western Roan Empire?
Europe and Asia
What two continents border the Bosporus Strait?
Catholic Church
Where is the Pope the ultimate authority in Christian belief and practice in Western Europe?
Justinian
Which Byzantine Emperor reconquered much of the West?
Justinian Code
What are a collection of laws that reflect Christian values established by Emperor Justinian?
Istanbul
What is the current name of "Constantinople?"
Nika Riot
What happens when the Blue and Green Teams work together to try and overthrow Justinian?
Orthodox Church
Where is the Patriarch of Constantinople (Byzantine Church) the ultimate authority in Christian belief and practice in Eastern Europe?
Theodora
Who is the wife of Justinian who helped improve the status of women and encouraged her husband to stay in Constantinople and fight the Nika rioters?
mosaic
What is art that consists of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass?
Latin
What is the language spoken in the western Roman Empire?
Iconoclasm
What do you call the destroying of religious artifacts/icons?
Christian
What do both the Catholic Church and Orthodox Church consider themselves?
Former entertainer
Who is Theodora?
Greek Fire
What is a weapon that consists of chemicals that ignite and cause fire, but is not extinguished by water?
Greek
What is the language spoken in the Eastern Byzantine Empire?
The country Turkey
Where is Istanbul, formally Constantinople, located?
excommunicate
What is to declare that a person or a group no longer belongs to a church?
Changed the Law
What did Justinian do so he could marry Theodora?
cannon
What is a big gun that is mounted on a base with wheels and took more than 60 oxen to move in the Byzantine era?