Vocabulary
The East
The Church
Constantinople
Random
100
Iconoclasts thought if you worshipped ____ it was like worshipping objects
What is icons
100
Most Roman people were polytheistic while the Byzantine people were mostly...
What is Christian
100
Early Christians argued over the nature of this person as some thought he was human, some thought divine and others thought both human and divine
What is Jesus
100
The Ottomans used ____ to help break through the city's walls with cannons
What is gunpowder
100
The Kievan Rus adopted Byzantine faith and culture, as trade routes connected Constantinople to...
What is Russia
200
A narrow body of water that cuts across land to connect two larger bodies of water is called a...
What is strait
200
A heavily burning, water resistant chemical mixture used to defend Constantinople from invading ships was called...
What is Greek Fire
200
Disagreements over who Jesus was, the use of icons, and who should lead the church accurately describe events that led to the...
What is Great Schism
200
Under ____, the Byzantine Empire reached its largest size.
What is Justinian
200
Greek was most commonly used in the Byzantine Empire, while the Roman Empire mostly used...
What is Latin
300
After Byzantine Emperors showed off their wealth to visitors, they left feeling ____ by Byzantine culture
What is inspired
300
What Justinian blamed for the loss of so much of the Roman Empire
What is negligence
300
The split between Eastern and Western Churches is now known as the Great...
What is Great Schism
300
The person with the power to remove the Patriarch of Constantinople
What is Byzantine Emperor
300
True or False: As a result of Justinian's Code, non-Christians were treated as equals with Christians
What is False
400
Emperor Justinian had this famous church built
What is Hagia Sophia
400
The controversy over icons divided Christians in the Byzantine Empire from Christians in...
What is Western Europe
400
The tradition of apostolic succession led to divisions within Christianity because the East didn't believe the head of the church should be based out of...
What is Rome
400
The arrival of _____ was a major factor in the decline of the Byzantine Empire
What is invaders
400
What are two ways Byzantine ideas live on after the fall of the Byzantine Empire?
What is alphabet used by other civilizations, architecture copied by Russians or missionaries spreading the religion to other places
500
Published by Justinian in 529, it was a reorganization of Roman laws, decrees & judges decisions.
What is Code
500
Who is the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church today?
What is Patriarchs in different countries
500
Eastern Orthodox ____ traveled to Eastern Europe to spread the faith of the Byzantine Empire
What is missionaries
500
What are two reasons the location of Constantinople was ideal for trade?
What is near the Black or Mediterranean Sea, buy from the east and sell to areas west and north of Constantinople, or great harbors
500
Who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church?
What is the Pope
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