Roman Achievements
The language variations of Spanish, French, and Italian.
What are romance languages?
This economic problem happened when Rome ran out of gold and silver.
What is inflation?
Fortifications of the capital city of Constantinople.
What is a moat, three walls, and chain on the harbor?
The continent in which the Roman and Byzantine empires are located.
What is Europe?
These were used to bring water to their cities.
What are aqueducts?
Roman religion still used today in many parts of the world
What is Christianity?
The reason Diocletian divided the Roman Empire into two halves.
Why is the empire was too big to control?
The famous church rebuilt by emperor Justinian I.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
The names of the churches in the Western and Eastern Roman Empires.
What are the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church?
This is the term for Roman Peace.
What is Pax Romana?
The main purpose of the Colisseum.
What are gladiator matches?
An internal problem that led to the fall of Rome.
What is corruption, or a weak economy due to devalued currency?
The reason Constantinople was a good location for trade.
What is centered between Asia, Africa, and Europe. Sea and land trade routes all connected to the city.
A difference between the Eastern and Western Christian churches.
What is language (Greek/Latin); marriage of priests; icons in art; church leadership?
Someone who dies for something they believe in.
What is a martyr?
Roman roads were originally built for this purpose.
What is the military?
Name one external reason that led to the Fall of Rome.
What are diseases, or Visigoths/Barbarians constantly attacking the empire.
The modern day country in which Constantinople was located?
What is Turkey?
What was a similarity between the churches of the West and Roman Empires?
They were both Christian, both believe in Jesus and Mary.
A government with three branches, citizens can vote, and have written laws.
What is a republic?
His Parallel Lives provided a model for good behavior.
Who was Plutarch?
The emperor who targeted Christians for the Great Fire.
Who was Nero?
Two important achievements of Justinian I.
What is a legal code and expanded territory?
The main difference between Roman sculpture and Greek sculpture.
What is realism?
Under the Byzantine empire there was a split between the Christian churches. This split is known today as the Great ____.
What is Schism?