CHAPTER 10

Question 1

what is the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

Answer 1

Byzantium

Question 2

What was Justinian I’ s main ambition? What was his greatest personal achievement?

Answer 2

To restore the glory of the old Roman Empire; the Justinian code

Question 3

who was the wife of Justinian I

Answer 3

Empress Theodora

Question 4

What did Constantine I rename Byzantium?

Answer 4

“New Rome”

Question 5

What was the name Eastern New Rome’s capital

Answer 5

Constantinople

Question 6

Who was the first great leader of the Byzantine Empire

Answer 6

Justinian I

Question 7

What was the Eastern Empire called

Answer 7

Byzantine Empire

Question 8

Who was Justinian’s gifted general

Answer 8

Belisarius

Question 9

What was the greatest achievement of Byzantine architecture

Answer 9

Cathedral Hagia Sophia

Question 10

The portion of the world in which Christianity was a dominant religion

Answer 10

Christendom

Question 11

Existing Roman law combined with biblical principles

Answer 11

Justinian code

Question 12

Who invaded Italy from the west

Answer 12

The Lombards and Normans

Question 13

Which new menace to the Byzantines arose in the Arabian Peninsula

Answer 13

Islam

Question 14

What secret weapon did the Byzantines use to defeat the assaults

Answer 14

“Greek fire”

Question 15

Who was the great general responsible for saving Constantinople during the second siege

Answer 15

Leo III

Question 16

What thing meaning “image destroyer” began under Leo III’ s rule

Answer 16

Iconoclastic Controversy

Question 17

What is an abstract simplified image or picture of Christ, Mary, or one of the saints

Answer 17

Icon

Question 18

Who led a restorations of Byzantium’s power

Answer 18

Basil I

Question 19

Who invaded the Byzantines

Answer 19

The Seljuk Turks

Question 20

In which battle did the Seljuk Turks have victory over the Byzantines? What year?

Answer 20

Battle of Manzikert? 1071

Question 21

Which crusade plundered the city of Constantinople?

Answer 21

Fourth Crusade

Question 22

Which group of Turks finally forced the Byzantine empire to collapse?

Answer 22

Ottoman

Question 23

The Iconoclastic Controversy dealt with the use of (statues) in the church.

Answer 23

images

Question 24

Justinian’s greatest personal achievement was in the area of …?…

Answer 24

law

Question 25

The Battle of Manzikert was a great victory for the Byzantines.

Answer 25

Seljuk Turks or Muslims

Question 26

Mohammed II conquered Constantinople in what year

Answer 26

1453

Question 27

Who was the emperor that used “Greek Fire”

Answer 27

Leo III

Question 28

Constantine moved the capital of Rome to what city? What was it renamed to?

Answer 28

Byzantium; New Rome and then Constantinople

Question 29

Who permanently divided the Roman Empire

Answer 29

Theodosius

Question 30

Who brought the Byzantine Empire to its greatest height since the days of Justinian the Great

Answer 30

Basil II

Question 31

What year was the Battle of Manzikert

Answer 31

1071

Question 32

Which emperor conceived a new plan to save his land after the Battle of Manzikert

Answer 32

Alexius Comnenus

Question 33

Also called Greek Orthodox

Answer 33

Eastern Orthodox Church

Question 34

In what year did the two eastern and western Byzantine churches officially split

Answer 34

1054

Question 35

What is a public worship service of superstition, symbolism, and pageantry, filled with sights, sounds, colors, and odors

Answer 35

Greek liturgy

Question 36

Which part of the Byzantine church support the icons

Answer 36

The West

Question 37

The “Apostle of Slavs”

Answer 37

Cyril

Question 38

The most notable Byzantine missionaries were the brothers

Answer 38

Cyril and Methodius

Question 39

Slavic script based on the Greek alphabet

Answer 39

Cyrillic Alphabet

Question 40

What became the foundation for the Russian and Slavic alphabets

Answer 40

Cyrillic Alphabet

Question 41

What is the Byzantine church’s greatest contribution to civilization

Answer 41

Byzantine Text