Byzantine Empire

All were advantages of Constantinople's location EXCEPT--

• It was a easily fortified site on a peninsula

• provided protection of the eastern frontier

• close to the west making Germanic invasions a threat

• had natural harbors for trade

Byzantine artists were known for their holy images of Jesus & Saints called --

• paper cutting

• icons

• origami

• calligraphy

What is Byzantine art that is made using glass or stone tiles called?

• sculpture

• painting

• printmaking

• mosaics

While people in Western Roman Empire spoke Latin, people in the Byzantine Empire spoke -

• Sanskrit

• Greek

• Old English

• Russian

This Byzantine Domed Church is called --

• Parthenon

• Hagia Sophia

• Colosseum

• Dome of the Rock

The Western Church became centered in which city?

• Jerusalem

• Constantinople

• Rome

• Alexandria

Who became accepted as the highest church official by Byzantine Christians?

• Pope

• Friar

• Patriarch

• Cleric

What emperor named Byzantium the new capital city of Rome?

• Constantine

• Augustus Caesar

• Julius Caesar

• Justinian

The Emperor during the Golden Age of the Byzantine Empire was

• Justinian

• Constantine

• Octavian Caesar Augustus

• Hammurabi

Byzantine culture can be best connected back to:

• Gupta and Mauryan

• China and Japan

• Egypt and Mesopotamia

• Greece and Rome