Byzantine Empire Test

The Byzantine Empire is another name for the...

• Western Roman Empire

• Eastern Roman Empire

Two challenges early Christians faced were persecution and false teachers

• True

• False

The Edict of Milan allowed freedom of religion in the Roman Empire.

• True

• False

Emperor Justinian built a gigantic cathedral called the _____ ______, or "Holy Wisdom"

The Byzantine army, made up entirely of mercenary soldiers, weakened the empire

• True

• False

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church

This man's teachings and beliefs developed into the religion of Islam

Mark all that apply:

AD 850-1050 are known as the Byzantine Empire's most powerful years. Why?

• They successfully fought their enemies on the Balkan Peninsula and in the Middle East

• • Christian Missionaries from Constantinople traveled throughout eastern Europe

• Heraclius hired mercenaries to fight in his army

Mark all that apply:

After Heraclius' death, the civil wars in the region resulted in...

• higher taxes

• more land given to peasants

• a weaker empire

1054 Church Schism (Split):

Who was excommunicated first?

• The Pope

• The Patriarch of Constantinople