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WorksheetsAncient History Chapter 11.1 Byzantine Empire
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following was NOT a part of the Justinian Code?
The Code
The Digest
The Institutes
The Rhetoric
For how long did the Justinian Code serve the Byzantine Empire?
about 150 years
about 900 years
about 43 years
about 2000 years
Byzantine students focused on Greek and Latin grammar and philosophy.
True
False
The Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople was also called...
St. Basil's Cathedral.
Hagia Sophia.
St. Peter's Cathedral
Sapientia Ductine
A hippodrome is a/an...
arena designed for horse/chariot races
stadium containing a cycle-racing track.
large theater.
river horse.
What title is given to the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christianity?
patriarch
bishop
pope
rabbi
What do we call religious images used in practices by the Eastern Christians to help their worship?
figurines
idols
icons
classical texts
The Nika Rebellion was begun by...
the Nika tribe from Anatolia.
Huns attacking from the north.
unruly slaves.
two of the Hippodrome fan groups.
What caused about 10,000 people per day to die during the 6th century?
a food-borne illnesses that spread from Greece
an influenza epidemic
the Justinian Plague
the conquest of the Huns
What is the significance of the year 1453?
the fall of the Byzantine Empire
the beginning of the Justinian Code
the worst year of the Justinian Plague
Christianity officially split
The Byzantine Empire under Emperor Heraclius was split into themes which are best described as...
military districts.
tax provinces.
transportation routes.
educational states.
What part did the Ottoman Turks play in the history of the Byzantine Empire?
they caused the eventual fall of the Empire
they infiltrated and assisted in splitting the church
they conquered trade routes and destroyed the economy
they were the Empires closest trading partners
Which of the following is a saint NOT associated with the Eastern Orthodox Church?
Saint Basil
Saint Methodius
Saint Cyril
Saint Paul
What happened in the year 1054?
The Great Schism
The Justinian Plague
The Fall of the Byzantine Empire
The development of the Cyrillic alphabet
Saint Methodius and Saint Cyril were the...
most successful Eastern Orthodox missionaries who took Christianity to Russia.
the architects of the Hagia Sophia.
the missionaries who delivered the excommunication documents to the Pope.
the first Russian Orthodox monks.
The Cyrillic alphabet is used for...
many Balkan languages, including Greek.
many Slavic languages, including Russian.
many Baltic languages, including Latvian.
many Romance languages, including Italian.
Priests in the Eastern Orthodox Church may get married.
True
False
The emperor claims authority over both the Roman and Orthodox church.
True
False
The head of the Roman Catholic Church is...
the pope.
the patriarch.
a bishop.
a cardinal.
The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and later of the Byzantine Empire was...
Constantinople.
Rome.
Alexandria.
Thermopylae.
