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The Great Schism Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is name for a religious image
a)
Mosaic
b)
Icon
c)
Calligraphy
d)
Photo
2.
What is it called when you ban someone from the church?
a)
Excommunication
b)
Kick Out
c)
Suspend
d)
Expel
3.

What is the title of the single Greek Orthodox leader?

a)

Patriarch

b)

Pope

4.

The split of the Christian church into two churches was known as the:

a)

Crusades

b)

Renaissance

c)

Great Schism

d)

Eastern Split

5.
What is the Great Schism?
a)
When Rome split into the east and west due to Constantinople
b)
Political conflicts and differences in belief split the churches
c)
A lists of codes to regulate Byzantine life
6.

A major disagreement between the Churches in the East and West was:

a)

The Pope declared himself the authority over all, including kings and emperors in the East.

b)

The Patriarch declared himself the supreme leader of all Christians.

c)

The Byzantine Emperor excommunicated all Christians living in the West.

d)

Christians living in Rome declared religious war on Orthodox Christianity.

7.

The Great Schism (or split) finally happened when:

a)

The Pope declared war on the Byzantine emperor.

b)

The Pope and the Patriarch excommunicated each other.

c)

The Byzantine invaded Rome.

d)

The Roman Catholic Church closed all of its churches in the East.

8.

Check all of the following that are correct.

a)

The Pope was the central authority in the West.

b)

The Patriarch was appointed as head of the Orthodox Church in the East.

c)

The Byzantine emperor declared papal authority over the West.

d)

The Catholic Church was centered in Constantinople.

9.

What two churches did the split cause?

a)

Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox

b)

Judaism and Islam

c)

Catholic and Islam

d)

Islam and Roman Catholic

10.

Who was the leader for the Roman Catholic church?

a)

Pope

b)

Patriarch

c)

Priest

d)

King

11.

Who believed that icons were okay to be used?

a)

Roman Catholic

b)

Eastern Orthodox

12.

What church started to use Greek for their language?

a)

Eastern Orthodox

b)

Roman Catholic

13.

The major cause of the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church was the —

a)

belief in the doctrine of the New Testament

b)

use of the Ten Commandments to guide behavior

c)

use of religious icons in church services

d)

belief in one God versus many gods

14.
Who was the leader of the church in the Byzantine empire?
a)
The pope
b)
The patriarch
c)
The emperor
d)
The people
15.
Byzantine Emperor Leo III established iconoclasm because:
a)
He wanted to have more paintings of Jesus in churches.
b)
He believed people needed pictures to help them pray.
c)
He thought people were worshipping pictures rather than God.
d)
He did not like the style of the religious paintings.