Easy
What year did the western Roman empire end?
A.D 500
Who finally conquered the Byzantines for good?
Ottoman empire
The pope is the head of which city?
Vatican city
What laws ruled over the Byzantines?
Justinian's code
What empire considered itself the third Rome
Russia
What is the capital of the Byzantine empire?
Constantinople
What did Christianity split into?
Roman Catholic and Easter Orthodox
What does Catholic mean?
Universal
What was Hagia Sophia at first and what is it today?
Was a church a Muslim church now is a museum
What is a tsar?
the Russian version of Caesar
Who made the Byzantine empire expand to its largest size?
Justinian
What is an icon?
a holy image, usually a portrait of Jesus or a saint
The Bishop of the five most important cities in the Christian church are known as what?
Patriarchs
What is a missionary?
A person who tries to convert others to a particular religion
What secret weapon did the Byzantines invent to keep them safe from ship invasion?
Greek fire
What are icon clasts?
image-breakers
What is a schism?
Split or division
what is the Cyrillic alphabet?
allowed the Slavs to write down their language
What four groups would attack and take away lands from the Byzantines?
Germans, Slavic, Arab, Muslim, Turks
What are the five most important cities?
Constantinople, Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem
Russia and Ukraine were originally the state of what?
Kievan Rus
What are the Slavs from?
The Slavs were from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria