Byzantine Empire

Fall of Rome

100

The Byzantine Empire used to be what part of the Roman Empire?

Eastern Roman Empire

200

Name two reasons Rome fell?

Military, political, economic, social reasons

300

What did an emperor of Rome do to try and save the Roman Empire?

Divided it in half

400

Fill in the blanks: When we talk about the Fall of Rome, we mean that the ____________ Roman Empire crumbled while the ______________ Roman Empire changed its name to the _____________ Empire and continued for 1000 years.

Western, Eastern, Byzantine

500

I am the Roman emperor who divided the empire in half

Diocletian

People

100

I was a Byzantine emperor who had a law code and built the Hagia Sophia.

Justinian

200

I was married to Justinian and I supported women's rights.

Theodora

300

I was the Russian who converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and forced my subjects to do so as well.

Vladimir I

400

I was a leader of Russia and I built St. Basil's Cathedral and had a vicious police force called the Oprichniki.

Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible

500

I was the Russian ruler who kicked the Mongols out of Russia.

Ivan III

Byzantine Empire

100

The Byzantine Empire used to be called the _____________________________.

Eastern Roman Empire

200

This was a set of rules made by a Byzantine emperor.

Justinian's Law Code

300

Why was Constantinople so important to the Byzantines?

Center of trade, controlled access to the Black Sea and Bosporus Strait, cultural center

400

This church was built by Justinian and its name means "church of holy wisdom."

Hagia Sophia

500

This was built by Justinian to hold all of Constantinople's water.

Basilica Cistern

Religion in the Byzantine Empire

100

What is a schism?

A permanent split or division/break up

200

Name one of the two major religious differences that caused the schism.

Arguments over papal primacy and icons

300

What does excommunicate mean?

To become and outcast of the church and be damned to hell

400

After the Great Schism of 1054 the Christian Church was divided into the _________________________ Church and the _________________________ Church

Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox

500

Name three differences between the EOC and RCC.

Look at your venn diagram to see them all

Early Russia

100

This was the name of Ivan the Terrible's police force.

Oprichniki

200

This Cathedral was built by Ivan IV as a celebration of his rule.

St. Basil's Cathedral

300

This is the alphabet invented to allow Slavs to read. It is te alphabet used by Russians today.

Cyrillic

400

What two things did the Mongols require from everyone they conquered?

Taxes and obedience

500

Describe the early Russian's relationship with the Byzantine Empire.

Trade, cultural diffusion, same religion, Byzantine culture + Slavic culture = Russian culture