Byzantine Art

The Byzantine Empire was also known as...

• The Western Roman Empire

• The Ottoman Empire

• The British Empire

• The Eastern Roman Empire

The Capitol of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, was founded by which Roman Emperor?

• Augustus Caesar

• Constantine

• Trajan

• Diocletian

The Great Schism of 1054 CE was the division of which churches?

• Roman Catholic and Protestant
• Roman Catholic and Islam
• Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
• Protestant and Eastern Orthodox

Which Christian religion arose in the Byzantine Empire?

• Polytheism

• Roman Catholic

• Eastern Orthodox

• Islam

Emperor Leo III thought that people were worshiping icons instead of God. What did he do about this?

• He banned the use of icons

• He made everyone stop going to church

• He built the Hagia Sophia

• He simply ignored the issue

Emperor Justinian

Icon or Mosaic

• Icon

• Mosaic

• Both

Mary and Jesus

Icon or Mosaic

• Icon

• Mosaic

• Both

What is iconoclasm?

• Icon worship
• Icon making
• Icon smashing
• Icon selling

For entertainment, MOST of the people of Constantinople:

• Went to the Hippodrome
• Bought expensive things
• Went swimming
• Watched movies

Who was the famous lady that influenced her husband to increase some legal rights of women?

• Irene
• Theodora
• Joan of Arc 
• Eleanor of Aquitaine