Islam & the Byzantine Empire

What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

Groups:

(a) Five Pillars

,

(b) Not the Five Pillars

• Not eating meat on Fridays

• Pilgrimage to Mecca

• Fasting during Ramadan

• Going to mosque every Friday

• Preaching to unbelievers

• Military service

• Giving to the poor

• Pilgrimage to Jerusalem

• Belief in Islam

• Prayer five times a day

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Catholic Church

,

(b) Orthodox Church

• Priests can marry

• No icons

• Patriarch

• Eastern Europe

• Greek

• Latin

• Western Europe

• Constantinople

• Icons

• Priests cannot marry

• Pope

• Rome

Put the following in chronological order:

• Medina converts to Islam

• Mohammad's family converts

• Gabriel delivers message of Islam to Mohammad

• Muslims are driven out of Mecca

• Muslims take Mecca

What three things is Emperor Justinian most famous for?

• Creating a code of laws

• Reconquering some of the Western Roman Empire

• Fighting back the Muslims

• Founding Constantinople

• Rebuilding the Hagia Sophia

What are the three most holy cities in Islam?

• Mecca

• Medina

• Jerusalem

• Damascus

• Baghdad

By the 700s AD, the borders of the Islamic Caliphate stretched from (a)   in the west to​ (b)   in the east.

• France
• India
• Spain
• China
• Greece
• Italy

What is the Eastern Roman Empire better known as?

• The Caliphate

• The Orthodox Empire

• The Byzantine Empire

• The Constantine Empire

What is special about the location of Constantinople?

• Its protected by high mountains

• Its on an easily defended island

• Its at the crossroads of Asia and Europe

• Its on a very fertile river

The Catholic and Orthodox Churches disagreed about several things. What was the number one disagreement that led to the Great Schism?

• Whether icons should be used in worship

• What language should be spoken at Mass

• What type of bread should be used in the Eucharist

• Who had the ultimate authority over Church doctrine

Match the following events to their dates:

• 1453 AD

• The Great Schism

• 476 AD

• The Fall of Rome

• 610 AD

• The Justinian Code

• 533 AD

• The Birth of Islam

• 1054 AD

• The Fall of the Byzantine Empire