On what peninsula is Rome located?
Italian Peninsula
Who is the First Emperor of The Roman Empire?
Augustus Caesar
Who is the founder of Christianity?
Jesus of Nazareth
Justinian
Church built in Constantinople
Hagia Sophia
Who is the king of Roman gods?
Jupiter
Who was the general of Carthage during the Punic Wars?
Hannibal
Is Christianity monotheistic or polytheistic?
Capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
Language used in Orthodox Church
Greek
Two groups of citizens of the Roman Empire?
Patricians(upper class) and Plebeians(lower class)
What financial problem was an issue that led to the fall of the Roman Empire?
Devaluation of currency an inflation
Who spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire?
Apostles (missionaries also acceptable)
Constantinople was a crossroads of trade between which two continents?
Europe and Asia
Leader of the Roman Catholic Church
Pope
Type of government of the the Roman Republic?
Representative democracy
What was the 200 year long era of peace called?
Pax Romana
What part of the Bible contains teachings and stories of Jesus?
New Testament
Important religious images in art, like pictures of Jesus or Mary
Religions icons
Law code of the Byzantine Empire, considered fair
Justinian's Code
Man who named himself Dictator for Life and caused civil wars over his power?
Julius Caesar
Alliances of three men in Rome were called the First and Second ____________.
Triumvirate
Who served the social and religious needs of the local people?
Parish (local) priests
Split in the Christian Church is called...
The Great Schism
Written alphabet created for Eastern Europe and Russia
Cyrillic Alphabet