Geography
Before it was called Constantinople what was the city known as?
Byzantium
Name and spell Justinian's wife.
T H E O D O R A
When was the Hagia Sophia completed?
537 A.D.
Name at least 2 materials that the Hagia Sophia is made of.
What is the city of Constantinople called today?
Istanbul
For in-person learners ONLY: Locate Constantinople on the map.
Name and spell the head of the group of legal scholars who helped reform Justinian's legal reforms.
T R I B U N I A N
When did Justinian rule from?
527 - 565 A.D.
Name one material that the ancient mosaics would have used as real tessera.
glass, stone.
Name the Greek island southeast of Greece where Theodora was born.
Cyprus
Constantinople was a crossroads of trade between which 2 continents?
Europe and Asia
C O N S T A N T I N E
When did the crisis of angry taxpayers happen?
532 A.D.
Name at least 3 subjects that Byzantine boys would have learned in school.
religion, medicine, law, arithmetic, grammar.
What month did Justinian die?
November
What are the 3 ways in which Constantinople was easily defended?
1.) Water on 3 sides
2.) Wall on the land side
3.) Chain across harbor
What were the 3 adjectives used by the textbook to describe Justinian's wife?
Beautiful, intelligent, ambitious.
What century did Justinian's Plague happen?
6th Century
( c. 550 )
How many men built the Hagia Sophia?
10,000
The Byzantines were the first to use this aromatic herb when roasting meats like lamb. Name this herb.
Rosemary
Name the 2 bodies of water that Constantinople is betwee.
The Black Sea and the Aegean Sea.
Name and spell the Byzantine military general who began using cavalry.
B E L I S A R I U S
What year did the Byzantine Empire fall to the Ottoman Turks?
1453
What language is 'Hagia Sophia' and what does it translate to?
Latin, "Holy Wisdom".
What year did the Turkish government turn the Hagia Sophia into a museum?
1935