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Byzantine Empire
Russia
Islam
World Religions
Miscellaneous
100
The civilization that became the eastern half of the Roman Empire.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
100
An absolute ruler from Russia who used secret police to eliminate enemies and killed his own son.
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
100
He is the founder of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
100
This religion has the most members.
What is Christianity?
100
This is when you are banned from the church.
What is excommunication?
200
The collection of laws the Byzantine Empire was known for.
What is Justinian's Code?
200
This is the alphabet introduced by two missionaries from the Byzantine Empire.
What is Cyrillic?
200
The holy book of the Islamic faith.
What is the Qu'ran?
200
This type of religion has one god.
What is monotheistic?
200
One of Justinian's major accomplishments, it was one of the most beautiful churches.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
300
The two cultures preserved by the Byzantine Empire.
What are Rome and Greece?
300
The religion that spread from the Byzantine Empire to Russia.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
300
Muslims respected Christians and Jews in their empire because the were this.
What is "people of the book"?
300
This type of religion has multiple gods.
What is polytheistic?
300
The names of the two churches that came out of the great schism.
What are Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox?
400
The new religion created in the Byzantine Empire.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
400
Give two differences of Eastern Orthodox Christianity from Roman Catholic Christianity.
The Emperor is the head of the Church, priests can get married, Easter is the main holiday, and no worship of idols.
400
The duties all good Muslims are supposed to perform.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
400
Islam, Christianity and Judaism have this in common.
What is a monotheism?
400
The new name of Constantinople.
What is Istanbul?
500
The capital of the Byzantine Empire which became an important center of trade.
What is Constantinople?
500
The group that first introduced absolute rule into Russia.
Who are the Mongols?
500
Two types of Islam.
What are Shiite (Shia) and Sunni?
500
Of the religions we looked at, this is the oldest.
What is Hinduism?
500
The Rus originally came from here.
What is Scandianavia (they were Vikings)?