Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
What is a MOAT?
100
Name ONE (1) feature of Roman architecture that was preserved by the Byzantine Empire, AND give a specific example of where it was used in the Byzantine Empire.
DOMES were used across the Byzantine Empire - e.g. in the HAGIA SOPHIA
100
The Great Schism occurred in the year ______.
What is 1054 (A.D.)?
100
Why did Justinian demand that a group of lawyers rewrite Roman Laws?
THE LAWS WERE CONFUSING/UNORGANIZED AND DISAGREED WITH EACH OTHER.
100
The main language spoken in the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire was _________, and the rituals and teachings in the Eastern Orthodox Church were in the __________ language.
What is GREEK and GREEK?
200
The legacy of Cyril and Methodius lives on because many Eastern Europeans still use the ________ alphabet.
What is CYRILLIC?
200
How did Byzantine librarians preserve Greek and Roman culture?
They COPIED/PRESERVED MANUSCRIPTS of Greece and Rome.
200
Although it's exact wording was argued, both Orthodox Christians and Catholics adopted THIS DOCUMENT, which stated that Jesus was both human and divine.
What is the NICENE CREED?
200
What term best describes someone sent to another country, by a church, to spread its faith?
What is a MISSIONARY?
200
After the Byzantine Empire fell, the Russian Empire started to develop/prosper/thrive so much that it considered itself the "_______ ________" (2 words).
What is the THIRD ROME?
300
Benedict XVI is the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. As Pope, he is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter the Apostle. The process of choosing a Pope based on descendants of the Apostle Peter is known as ____________ ____________.
What is APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION?
300
The Russian Empire was heavily influenced by Byzantine culture. Name the first large Russian state that later became Russia and Ukraine.
What is KIEVAN RUS?
300
A "Schism" or split, due to differing religious traditions developed between these two churches
What are the ROMAN CATHOLIC Church and the EASTERN ORTHODOX Church?
300
What happened to the Byzantine Empire after the death of Justinian?
It SLOWLY DECLINED/SHRANK over the next 800 years.
300
What was one of Justinian's main goals as emperor?
He wanted to restore Rome's lost empire.
400
Define the word MANUSCRIPT.
A manuscript is a HANDWRITTEN book or document.
400
The missionaries ______________ and _____________ created the Cyrillic alphabet, which became the _____________ written language.
CYRIL
METHODIUS
SLAVIC
400
After the Great Schism, which church followed the Western tradition of Christianity?
What is the ROMAN CATHOLIC Church?
400
How did librarians and monks help to preserve Roman culture?
They copied and preserved MANUSCRIPTS from Ancient Greece and Rome.
400
This word means "universal," or "concerned with all people."
What is CATHOLIC?
500
"Patriarch" was the original term used to identify the Bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church in these FIVE (5) important cities:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Alexandria, Jerusalem, Constantinople, Antioch, and Rome
500
Name three countries that still use the Cyrillic alphabet today.
BULGARIA
MACEDONIA
MONTENEGRO
RUSSIA
SERBIA
UKRAINE
500
Although the Eastern Orthodox Church is no longer headed by the Byzantine Emperor (because he doesn't exist), the __________ ___________ Church is STILL headed by the ________.
EASTERN ORTHODOX, PATRIARCHS
500
Name the TWO major influences that Byzantine Civilization had on Russian culture.
EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY spread to the Slavs of Russia.
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Cyril and Methodius created the CYRILLIC ALPHABET, which became a written language for the Slavs.
500
The Byzantine Empire's influence on the Russian Empire can be seen in the fact that the Russian leaders converted to this religion...