Test Ancient Rome to Byzantine Empire

Term

100

Under Justinian, the Byzantines organized the past Roman law into written law texts.

Justinian’s Code    

200

Images of Jesus and the saints.

Icons    

300

Someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion.

Missionaries

400

The event where the Western and Eastern churches split into the Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox.

The Great Schism

500

Augustus’s rule began a long period of peace and prosperity. The period was called ______ or Roman Peace

Pax Romana

Byzantine Empire

100

What Byzantine Emperor tried to rebuild Rome’s empire after the Eastern Roman Empire fell?

Justinian

200

True or False: The people of the Byzantine empire saw themselves as Romans.

True

300

 What was one of the main differences between the Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox?

The Eastern Orthodox denied the rule of the pope in Rome.

Roman Catholics used Latin in their services while Eastern Orthodox used Greek in their services.

400

What was the main goal of Justinian as emperor of the Byzantine Empire?

To regain Roman lands that had been conquered after Rome fell.

500

The Roman Emperor Constantine built a new capital for the Eastern Roman Empire, and it was called _______.

Constantinople

Ancient Rome

100

Who was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity becoming the first Christian Roman Emperor?

Constantine

200

Ancient Roman elected officials who enforced the law.

Magistrates

300

Who was the first emperor of Rome?

Augustus

400

The Ancient Roman Republic set up a government with a separation of powers. 

What is a separation of powers?

The government makes sure no one individual in the government has too much power. 

To accomplish this the government creates branches and positions in the government that can veto each other. 

500

In the late 200s, why did the Roman emperors of the time split his Empire into two?

They hoped that the smaller areas would be easier to rule.

Rome and Byzantines' Achievements

100

A territory containing several countries and ruled by a single government is called a _____.

Empire

200

Several European languages grew out of this written Roman language.

Latin

300

Structures used in Ancient Rome to bring water to their cities.

aqueducts

400

What was one of the reasons why the Roman Empire expanded to become one of the largest empires of its time?

The Romans had a strong, well-organized army.

500

Byzantine missionaries helped spread Eastern Orthodoxy to new lands outside of the Byzantine Empire, what areas did Eastern Orthodox spread

Southeastern Europe including:

Ukraine, Belarus, parts of Greece, and Russia.