Byzantine Empire - Vocabulary

Question 1

Distinctive

Answer 1

clearly different

Question 2

Constantinople

Answer 2

the city on the eastern edge of Europe, which Constantine made the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 C.E.

Question 3

Byzantine Empire

Answer 3

the name for the eastern Roman Empire, located at the cross-roads of Europe and Asia; it lasted from about 500 to 1453 C.E.

Question 4

Revolt

Answer 4

a violent action in opposition to a government or law

Question 5

Eastern Orthodox Church

Answer 5

a Christian religion that developed out of early Christianity in the Byzantine Empire

Question 6

Patriarch

Answer 6

in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the bishop of an important city

Question 7

Emerged

Answer 7

to appear or arise; to move from a low position to a higher one

Question 8

Justinian

Answer 8

Byzantine emperor who reigned from 527 to 565

Question 9

Hagia Sophia

Answer 9

a famous building created by the emperor

Question 10

Orthodox

Answer 10

in agreement with right belief

Question 11

Iconoclasm

Answer 11

icon smashing