The Rise of the Byzantine Empire
The Decline of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Culture
Vikings
Justinian and Theodora
100
What is the Byzantine Empire called now?
A. Istanbul
B. Turkey
What is
A. Istanbul
100
This weapon helped to tear down the walls defending Constantinople.
What are cannons.
100
What is the difference between a "mosaic" and a "fresco"?
A mosaic is made when stones, glass, or other objects are put into the plaster.
A fresco is made when somebody paints onto the wet plaster, but does not add any objects other than paint.
100
According to Viking culture, a boy usually took his father's name - so Eric, son of Karl, would become what?
What is Eric Karlsson.
100
What was the significance of Empress Theodora's speech?
Her determined speech convinced Justinian and his officials and they attacked the Hippodrome, killing over 30,000 rebels and emerging victorious.
Historians agree that it was Theodora's courage and determination that saved Justinian's empire.
200
Why is Constantinople known as one of the most advantageous geographic locations in the world?
- Easy to protect with the large walls that surrounded the city and the sea on three sides (straits)
- Crossroads of trade. It connects Europe and Asia.
200
The fall of Constantinople was the final end of the Eastern Roman Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Empire.
This 21-year-old Sultan Sieged the city in 1453.
A. Muhammad
B. Justinian
C. Mehmed
What is
C. Sultan Mehmed
200
Name 2 of the more popular forms of entertainment in the Byzantine Empire?
What are
- Horse and Chariot Racing
- Art
200
Vikings attempted to establish settlements in North America about 500 years before Columbus but were in constant warfare with who?
What is Native Americans.
200
These laws were similar to the U.S. Constitution because they were the foundation of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Justinian's Code of Laws
300
What is the name of this mosque? 
What is the Hagia Sophia.
300
Name at least one of the reasons the Byzantine Empire fell.
Barbarian invasions from the North
Arab Muslim invasions from the South
The Crusades to retake the Holy Lands
300
List at least one public works of the Byzantine Empire.
*public works - constructed for public use
Aqueducts, Baths, Courts, Schools, Hospitals
300
Define Viking. What does it mean?
What is "to go on an exploration."
300
After a chariot race, Emperor Justinian accused some faction members of murder and sentenced them to death. Citizens reacted by invading the emperor's palace after a second chariot race in the Hippodrome, where thousands of faction members died in the five-day riot.
What are these riots called?
What is Nika Riots.
400
Describe the Golden Age of Byzantium.
- 641 to 1025
- Advances in military strength, religious influence, and the arts made the Byzantines one of the most powerful forces in the world of the Middle Ages.
400
Double Jeopardy!
The scholars that fled the city spread learning and knowledge to Western Europe which helped start this.
What is the Renaissance (rebirth).
400
Double Jeopardy!!
What was Byzantine Christianity called?
What is Orthodox Christianity.
400
This raid started the Viking era.
A. Cuthbert's Monastery
B. Lindisfarne's Monastery
C. Maldon's Monastery
What is
B. Lindisfarne's Monastery
400
What was the goal of Justinian's laws?
What is equality.
500
Define the Great Schism.
The Great Schism split the main faction of Christianity into two divisions, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox.
Today, they remain the two largest denominations of Christianity.
500
Eventually, these people surrounded the city of Constantinople. In 1453, a force of over 70,000 ________ attacked Constantinople.
Constantinople was defended by somewhere between 7,000 and 10,000 soldiers. It took only 2 months for the city to be taken.
What is the Ottomans.
500
Define diversium.
Opportunity for the winner to challenge the loser to a re-match.
If someone won twice, it was a chance to demonstrate that the wins were the result of skill, rather than luck.
500
What is the name of the battle that ended the Viking Age?
What is The Battle of Stamford Bridge.
In 1066 the English defeat the Vikings at the Battle of Stamford Bridge ending the Viking Age. A large part of English ancestry is descended from Vikings.
500
Justinian made this religion the official religion of the Byzantine Empire.
What is "Christianity".