U2 L2: Justinian 7.14- ET

Match the person, place or event to their description

• Theodora

• She was the wife of Justinian and a major influence in the Byzantine Empire.

• Justinian

• Name of the laws codified in the 6th century Byzantine Empire, and which revived and refined Roman law in the region.

• Constantine

• Byzantine Emperor from 527 until his death. He is considered a saint by the Eastern Orthodox churches.

• Justinian Code

• He was Roman Emperor from 306-337, becoming the first Emperor to convert to Christianity.

• Hagia Sophia

• This church, whose name means "Holy Wisdom", was built and rebuilt during the Byzantine Empire, but is now a mosque in Istanbul.

Unlike in the western Roman Empire, most people in the Byzantine Empire spoke...

• Greek

• Italian

• Latin

• Turkish

The BEST explanation for why the Byzantine Empire could not expand Christianity to the east and south is that...

• nomadic Mongols threatened invasion.

• the Islamic caliphate blocked expansion.

• Visigoths claimed areas to the east and south of Constantinople.

• trade along the Silk Road would have been harmed by missionary activity.

Choose the statement that CORRECTLY describe items relating to the Great Schism.

Groups:

(a) Roman Catholic

,

(b) Eastern Orthodox

• believed the Pope (Bishop of Rome) was the head of the Church

• spoke Latin in services

• spoke Greek in their services

• Believed the Patriarch (Bishop of Constantinople) was the head of the Church

• primary church in Rome

• primary church in Constantinople

In the 11th century, the gap between the Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church widened, largely over disagreements regarding the procession of the Holy Spirit and the...

• papal primacy.

• nature of Jesus.

• belief in saints.

• existence of God.

During the rule of Emperor Justinian, the Corpus juris civilis was important because it...

• held that the empire's monarchs must follow all laws.

• made Christianity the official religion of the empire.

• allowed Byzantine citizens to know what law governed them.

• forbade the practice of Islam in the Eastern Roman Empire.

Byzantine law was essentially a continuation of Roman law with...

• Western rules.

• Greek punishments.

• Christian influence.

• input from Constantine.

This Byzantine empress, the wife of Justinian I, was known for her powerful influence at court and for getting laws enacted which elevated the status of women. Who was she?

• Cassandra

• Eloise

• Helena

• Theodora

"From here [Egypt] it spread to the entirety of the world, always moving along and advancing at set intervals. For it seemed to move as if by prearranged plan: it would linger for a set time in each place, just enough to make sure that no person could brush it off as a slight matter, and from there it would disperse in different directions as far as the ends of the inhabited world, almost as if it feared that any hidden corner of the earth might escape it... This disease always spread out from the coasts and worked its way up into the interior".

• - Procopius describing the Plague of Justinian that occured from 541-542 CE

Using the prompt, which would be the most likely cause of the plague of Justinian?

• expansion of the Roman empire.

• increased invasions by the Huns

• increased trade routes along the Silk Road

• increased trade routes along the Mediterranean sea

The 6th century completion of the Hagia Sophia and the Church of the Apostles in the city of Constantinople BEST illustrate....

• the Byzantine focus on rule of law.

• the city's status as the center of the Roman Catholic Church.

• the important role Christianity played in the Byzantine Empire.

• the rise in significance and status of women under the rule of Justinian I.