Byzantine Empire Summative Review

Why was the Byzantine location important to the growth of the Empire?

• The Empire was isolated and able to develop in relative peace.

• The Empire was located on popular trade routes between Africa, Asia, and Europe

• The Empire was centered in Rome and was able to influence the Catholic Pope.

• The Empire was located on an island and easily defended with its large navy.

What was the Byzantine Empire (AKA Easter Roman Empire)?

• An empire that saw itself as a continuation of the Roman Empire and is often called the Eastern Roman Empire.

• An empire in the eastern Mediterranean that was centered in Constantinople.

• An empire that saw itself as a continuation of the Roman Empire and is often called the Eastern Roman Empire.

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Who was Constantine the Great?

• The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire that standardized law and oversaw the territorial and cultural revival of the Empire.

• The wife of the Emperor and skilled advisor.

• The Roman emperor that moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium and is widely regarded as the first Byzantine emperor

• A general who reconquered much of the old Roman territories.

What was Constantine’s relationship to Christianity?

• He persecuted Christians because of the violence of the crusades.

• He became a Pegan and abandoned his Christian faith, leading to the decline of Christianity.

• He did not care about religion.

• He converted to Christianity and ended the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire.

To what extent was the Byzantine Empire a continuation of the old Roman Empire?

• They used Roman laws, government, and traditions

• They were both primarily Pegan

• They both spoke primarily Latin

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Justinian was

• A monk and one of the fathers of Orthodoxy responsible for blending Latin, Greek, and Christian traditions together.

• A general who reconquered much of the old Roman territories.

• The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire that standardized law and oversaw the territorial and cultural revival of the Empire.

• The wife of the Emperor and skilled advisor.

Who was Theodora and what was she known for?

• A general who reconquered much of the old Roman territories.

• The wife of the Emperor and skilled advisor.

• A monk and one of the fathers of Orthodoxy responsible for blending Latin, Greek, and Christian traditions together.

• The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire that standardized law and oversaw the territorial and cultural revival of the Empire.

Who was Belisarius and what did he accomplish?

• The wife of the Emperor and skilled advisor.

• A monk and one of the fathers of Orthodoxy responsible for blending Latin, Greek, and Christian traditions together.

• The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire that standardized law and oversaw the territorial and cultural revival of the Empire.

• A general who reconquered much of the old Roman territories.

Who was John of Damascus and what was he known for?

• A monk and one of the fathers of Orthodoxy responsible for blending Latin, Greek, and Christian tradition together

• The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire that standardized law and oversaw the territorial and cultural revival of the Empire.

• The wife of the Emperor and skilled advisor.

• A general who reconquered much of the old Roman territories

Who was Anna Comnena and what was she known for?

• The first Christian Empress of the Byzantine Empire.

• A princess and historian known for recording detailed information about the politics and empire of the Byzantines.

• The wife of Justinian and a skilled advisor.

• Spreading Christianity and Byzantine culture throughout the Slavic world and creating the Cyrillic alphabet, still used throughout eastern Europe today.