1. Byzantine
Flash Cards

2. Constantinople is located on the _________ strait.
Bosporus

3. Name the emperor who moved the capital of the Roman Empire?
Constantine

4. Byzantine Emperor and The Pope
The Great Schism was caused by an argument over who should rule the Christian Church. What 2 leaders argued that they should be in charge?
Byzantine Emperor and
The Pope

5. What is this a picture of?
An icon

6. Name the year that the city of Rome fell.
476

7. Name the general who helped Justinian expand the Byzantine Empire into Italy, North Africa, and Spain.
Belisarius

8. The Byzantine Empire became a center for making ___________ after the secret of making this was brought from China.
Silk

9. Name the Roman Emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Theodosius

10. Pictures made from small, cut stones or glass
Define MOSAIC:
Pictures made from small, cut stones or glass

11. What is this a picture of?
The Hagia Sophia

12. What was the name of the famous church built by Justinian?
Hagia Sophia

13. Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic
Name the two branches of Christianity that came out of the Great Schism?
Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic

14. Name the year of the Great Schism.
1054

15. An image of a sacred person or scene
Define ICON:
An image of a sacred person or scene

16. Who wanted the Emperor to change the law, so that he could marry an actress?
Justinian

17. Name the scholar who helped Justinian revise the law code.
Tribonian

18. What sea is located directly north of the Dardanelle Straits
Sea of Marmara

19. Name the Roman Emperor who split the Roman Empire into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.
Theodosius

20. Define ICONOCLAST:
Someone who wanted to destroy Icons (because they felt it was idol worship).

21. Who is this a picture of?
Theodora

22. Who was in charge of the Christian church in the Byzantine Empire?
The Emperor (who appointed a leader called the Patriarch)

23. Name the year that Constantinople fell.
1453

24. Name the person who convinced Justinian not to flee Constantinople, but to fight against the Nika rebellion.
Theodora

25. The Byzantines stole the secret of making silk from ____________.
China

26. Constantine moved the capital of Rome and named the new capital ________.
Constantinople

27. Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic
Name the two branches of Christianity that came out of the Great Schism?
Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic

28. Which sultan of the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople.
Mehmed II

29. What was the name of Constantinople before it was called Constantinople?
Byzantium

30. Name emperor who banned the use of icons in 726.
Leo III

31. What terms listed on your review sheet were not reviewed in this activity?
You should really find out and add your own slides because they will be on the test.