Roman Catholic Church
The ruler of the Roman Catholic Church
Who is the Pope?
The ruler of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Who was the Patriarch?
Justinian reconquered the territories of which fallen empire?
What was the Roman Empire? (accept western Roman Empire, accept Rome, reject Eastern Roman Empire)
Constantinople is named after which Roman emperor, who was the first Christian Roman emperor?
Who was Constantine?
Constantinople was renamed __________ when it was conquered by the Ottomans.
What is Istanbul?
This city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church
What is Rome?
This city is the primary location of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What is Constantinople?
Justinian was famous for this set of laws.
What is the Code of Justinian? (Accept Justinian's Code).
Constantinople's strategic ______________ made it the ideal place for trading and a new capital.
What is location?
This Byzantine art form involves using small pieces of tile or glass to form a larger image
What is a mosaic? (accept mosaics).
The primary language used by the Roman Catholic Church
What is Latin?
The language(s) used by the Eastern Orthodox Church include
What is/are Greek and/or the vernacular?
True or False? Emperor Justinian was eventually killed in a rebellion.
What is false?
This famous Eastern Orthodox Church is located in the heart of Constantinople.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
The Byzantine empire was conquered and absorbed by this empire during the 1400s.
What was the Ottoman empire? (accept Ottomans).
What is Marriage (or marrying)?
Eastern Orthodox priests were permitted to do this
What is marriage or marry?
The name of Justinian's wife
Who was Theodora?
Constantinople was originally called ___________
What is Byzantium?
Constantinople was attacked and burned by these religious raiders during their 3rd journey to the holy land.
Who/What were the Crusaders?
The Roman Catholic church did not permit the use of this religious image.
What were Icons?
The Eastern Orthodox Church made frequent use of these religious images.
What were Icons?
Justinian and Theodora were among the few Byzantines permitted to wear this color, associated with royalty, and the dye of this color was invented by the Phoenicians.
What is purple?
The _____________ is the geographic feature connecting Constantinople to the Black Sea.
This trade route was used to transport goods from India and China to Europe. It ended at Constantinople and was closed when the Byzantines fell in 1453.
What was the Silk Road?