Ch 6 Byzantine Empire

What action did Pope Leo III perform that outraged the Byzantines? Select the letter next to the best answer.

• Banned all icons.

• Excommunicated the Patriarch of Constantinople.

• Crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

• Crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Roman Empire.

Saint Basil was an important saint in the Orthodox Church. He is best known for the following. Select the letter next to the best answer.

• Promoting charity and reforming the liturgy.

• Creating the Cyrillic alphabet.

• Translating the Bible.

• Excommunicating Pope Leo III.

Which sentence best describes the lives of the jobless in Constantinople? Select the letter next to the best answer.

• They worked in exchange for bread from the emperor.

• They got regular hot meals at hospitals and orphanages.

• They quickly found jobs and rose to the middle class.

• They were required by law to move to the countryside.

What does the word orthodox mean? Select the letter next to the best answer.

• In order to survive.

• Split

• Ordained before God.

• In agreement with right belief.

Who was seen as the living representative of God and Jesus Christ by the Eastern Orthodox Church? Select the letter next to the best answer.

• Pope

• King

• Emperor

• Patriarch of Constantinople

Choose the answer that shows the correct order of the events that lead to "The Final Break" between the eastern and western church. Select the letter next to the best answer.

• Cerularius closes churches worshiping with western rites > Cardinal Humbert excommunicates Cerularius > Cerularius excommunicates Cardinal Humbert

• Cerularius excommunicates Cardinal Humbert > Cardinal Humbert excommunicates Cerularius > Cerularius closes churches worshiping with western rites

• Cardinal Humbert excommunicates Cerularius > Cerularius excommunicates Cardinal Humbert > Cerularius closes churches worshiping with western rites

• Cerularius closes churches worshiping with western rites > Cerularius excommunicates Cardinal Humbert > Cardinal Humbert excommunicates Cerularius

Hippo means “horse.” Which events took place in the Hippodrome?

• livestock shows

• mystery plays

• chariot races

• wild animal training

At its height, Constantinople was home to around how many people?

• Ten Thousand

• One Million

• Five Million

• One Hundred Thousand

All of these helped protect Constantinople from invaders except...

• a powerful Navy

• it was surrounded on three sides by water

• a chain stretched across the harbor

• miles of walls

Who was Theodora?

• A Patriarch of Constantinople

• A Pope in Rome

• The wife of Justinian I

• A great Byzantine general