WorksheetsByzantine Empire
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which of the following issues divided the Western and Eastern Churches?
practices of animal sacrifices
practices such as scalping
authority of the pope
belief in Jesus
What church was found in the Byzantine Empire?
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Lutheran
Methodist
Which of the following best describes a patriarch?
Bishop of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
Emperor of the Roman empire who builds public works
None of the above
What is an icon?
A famous painter
A religious image
An emperor who governs an army
None of the above
What does excommunication mean?
declaring that a person is no longer free
declaring that a person is no longer a slave
declaring that a person is no longer a member of a church or nation
None of the above
What improvements did Justinian make to Constantinople? (choose THREE)
He moved the city
He built new roads, bridges and buildings
Improved their water systems
Rebuilt the Hagia Sophia
What is the language used in the Roman Catholic Church?
Latin
Greek
English
Spanish
What is the name given to the division of the churches?
The Great Divide
Excommunication
The Great Schism
The Great Split
Which emperor had his own law codes and built the Hagia Sophia?
Justinian
Theodora
Constantine
Diocletian
Under the rule Justinian, the Byzantine Empire
expanded to its greatest extent (size)
was reduced in size
replaced Roman law with Muslim law
What caused Christianity to develop differently in the East & West?
Different emperors
Distance
People in the West were not Christian
They did not develop differently
______________ is a person who wanted to ban icons
Anti-Iconist
Ionian
Iconoclast
Serf
