Topic 8 Lesson 7: Byzantine Religion and Culture

Which best describes the differences between the eastern and western churches?

• They disagreed mainly over beliefs.

• They disagreed mainly over practices.

• They disagreed mainly over leadership.

• They disagreed mainly over scripture.

Which statement describes the Great Schism?

• Muslims and Jews fought for control.

• Christians and Muslims fought for control.

• Protestants and Catholics disagreed over beliefs.

• Christians disagreed with each other over beliefs.

Why is the Cyrillic alphabet important?

• It is the first alphabet.

• It is used in Justinian's Code.

• It reflects Roman influence.

• It gave the Slavs a written language.

Which was the most important long-term impact of Byzantine libraries?

• They preserved ancient Roman and Greek learning.

• They provided scriptures for the Kievan Rus.

• They recorded Byzantine laws and customs.

• They kept records for Byzantine emperors.

Which reason explains why the issue of leadership divided the Christian churches?

• The Byzantines rejected the legacy of Rome.

• The pope did not accept the eastern church as Christian.

• The Byzantine emperor wanted to choose the pope.

• Leaders on both sides felt threatened by each other's claims.

What is a creed?

• statement of beliefs

• a holy image, usually a portrait of Jesus or a saint

• 
  "image breaker," person who opposed the use of icons in Christian worship

• leader of the Roman Catholic Church

What is an icon?

• a holy image, usually a portrait of Jesus or a saint

• "image breaker," person who opposed the use of icons in Christian worship

• leader of the Roman Catholic Church

• split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in 1054

What is an iconoclast?

• "image breaker," person who opposed the use of icons in Christian worship

• leader of the Roman Catholic Church

• split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in 1054

• a law code published by the Byzantine emperor Justinian

Who is the pope?

• leader of the Roman Catholic Church

• split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in 1054

• a law code published by the Byzantine emperor Justinian

• joined together as a single whole

What is the Great Schism?

• split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in 1054

• a law code published by the Byzantine emperor Justinian

• joined together as a single whole

• treat some people differently or worse