Legacy of the Roman Empire
Roman Emperors
Barbarian Invasions
Byzantine Empire
Spread of the Christian Religion
100
This city grew into an important, wealthy city after it was made the capital of the Roman Empire in the East.
What is Constantinople?
100
This emperor built the city of Constantinople as his capital.
Who is Constantine?
100
These actions were the reason that the Visigoths who lived inside the Roman Empire started attacking Rome.
What is the Romans treating the Visigoths badly and enslaving some of their people?
100
This aspect of Constantinople's location is what made it very wealthy.
What is that Constantinople was located on the Silk Road?
100
In these Christian centers, monks tried to live a pure Christian life through praying, helping the needy, and operating schools and hospitals.
What are monasteries?
200
This emperor wrote a law code to simplify Roman laws and make them easier to use.
Who is Justinian?
200
This emperor divided the Roman Empire into four parts to make it easier to govern.
Who is Diocletian?
200
This half of the Roman Empire was overrun and fell because of repeated invasions of Germanic Barbarians.
What is the Western Roman Empire?
200
The correct order of these events in the life of Justinian.
- The death of Theodora
- The completion of the Hagia Sophia Church
- The writing of Justinian's Code
- The end of Justinian's Conquests to the West
What is:
- The writing of Justinian's Code
- The completion of the Hagia Sophia Church
- The death of Theodora
- The end of Justinian's Conquests to the West?
200
This invention of Christian missionaries Cyril and Methodius allowed the Slavic people to hear the Christian message in their own language.
What is the Cyrillic alphabet?
300
This was one of the reasons the Western Roman Empire fell.
What was ________?
Possible answers:
Failing economy
Invasions of Germanic barbarians
Weak leadership
Political Instability
300
This emperor divided the Roman Empire into two parts permanently.
Who is Theodosius?
300
When the Pope (Bishop of Rome) requested military aid from the Byzantine Emperor because of invading barbarians, this was the Emperor's response.
What is to not send military aid?
300
Many soldiers in the Byzantine Army died because of this, ending Justinian's conquests in formerly Roman lands.
What is Justinian's Plague (pandemic)?
300
This Christian missionary brought the Christian message to Ireland, building churches and monasteries.
Who is Patrick?
400
According to the map, this barbarian people invaded North Africa.
Who are the Vandals?
400
This emperor was the last Roman Emperor to rule from Rome.
Who is Romulus Augustulus?
400
This made it very difficult for invaders to attack the city of Constantinople.
What is its geography (being surrounded by water on three sides)?
400
Bishops in the Byzantine Empire, unlike those in Western Europe, believed that this person was not the head of the worldwide Christian Church.
Who is the Pope?
400
These objects, defined as "representations of objects of worship", were briefly banned in the Byzantine Empire.
What are icons? 
500
This item from the list below is NOT an example of how the Roman Empire influenced the modern world.
1. English contains many Latin words
2. The American government is built on some principles of Roman government
3. Many people in the West are Christians.
4. Latin is the most commonly spoken language in three European countries today.
What is "4. Latin is the most commonly spoken language in three European countries today."?
500
This Roman Emperor reconquered parts of the Western Roman Empire after they were conquered by barbarians.
Who is Justinian?
500
These Germanic barbarians invaded Britain, according to the map above.
Who are the Angles and Saxons?
500
This ruler could sometimes define how Christians worshiped. He could also use church money for government purposes.
Who is the Byzantine Emperor?
500
This separation between the Eastern and Western branches of Christianity happened in 1054.
What is the Great Schism?