Middle Ages and Byzantine Empire

One of the most significant aspects of Constantinople was that...

• It was completely surrounded by land

• It was hit hard by Justinian's Plague

• It lost every battle it ever fought

• It was a key port/trade city located between three continents

_____________ is a political/social system and _____________ is an economic system.

• Middle Ages…feudalism
• manorialism…feudalism
• feudalism…manorialism
• Roman Empire…feudalism

Which best describes the Justinian Code?

• a collection of Roman Laws that used as the basis of the Byzantine legal system under Justinian

• a collection of religious laws based on the 10 commandments that Justinian had codified into the Byzantine legal system

• a collection of Persian laws that Justinian implemented into the Byzantine Legal system

• A collection of Decrees made by the Emperor Justinian that became the basis for the Byzantine legal system

What two separate churches formed as a result of the Christian Schism of 1054? Who were the leaders of each church?

• The Shia sect of Islam under Ali, and the Sunni sect of Islam under the Caliph

• The Roman Catholic Church under the Pope, and the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Patriarch

• The Greek Orthodox Church under the Patriarch in Constantinople and the Russian Orthodox Church under the Bishop in Moscow

• The Roman Catholic Church under the Patriarch, and the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Pope

What was one of the greatest public works projects during the Byzantine Empire?

• The Scriptorium 
• The Colosseum 
• The Pantheon
• The Hagia Sophia 

What were two indirect results of the Crusades?

• trade and commerce increased and the feudal system was strengthened 
• trade and commerce declined and the feudal system was strengthened 
• trade and commerce increased and the feudal system was weakened 
• trade and commerce declined and the feudal system was weakened 

The Middle Ages began when the.....

• Roman Empire fell

• Greeks were polytheistic

• Agricultural Revolution began

• the Reformation started