Chapter 6- Byzantine And Islam

Question 0

Rome’s trade imbalance led to —————.

Answer 0

Debt

Question 1

After the Pax Romana the Roman Empire entered a period of —————–.

Answer 1

Decline

Question 2

Rome’s military became weak as soldiers could not be paid so Rome began —————–.

Answer 2

Using foreign mercenary soldiers

Question 3

While the Western Roman Empire ————–, the Eastern Empire ————-.

Answer 3

Became weak

Began to grow

Question 4

The Byzantine Empire was originally —————.

Answer 4

Eastern Roman Empire

Question 5

Constantinople’s geography was important because —————-.

Answer 5

Located between the Mediterranean and black seas

Question 6

Because Constantinople was close to Judea, many Byzantines —————–.

Answer 6

Had convert to Christianity before those in the western Roman empire

Question 7

——————- was the most famous Byzantine Emperor.

Answer 7

Justinian

Question 8

Government in the Roman and Byzantine Empires was similar because ————.

Answer 8

Had absolute rulers called emperors

Question 9

————— began conquering Roman territories, adding to the land size of the Byzantine Empire.

Answer 9

Justinian

Question 10

The ————— code was a set of laws that consolidated the Roman laws into one code.

Answer 10

JustiniAn code

Question 11

Some of the things the ———– code addressed were ————, —————, and ————–.

Answer 11

justinian
Criminal justice
Marriage
Property
Slavery
Women's rights

Question 12

The Byzantine legal code was the standard for laws over the next ———– years.

Answer 12

900

Question 13

The Hagia Sophia is ——————————.

Answer 13

Church built by Justinian

Question 14

Hagia Sophia means —————-.

Answer 14

Holy wisdom

Question 15

Justinian’s wife Theodora exercised power in the empire by —————.

Answer 15

All of the above

Question 16

Christians in the East and West disagreed over —————–.

Answer 16

Leadership

Question 17

Christians in the Western church accepted ——————–.

Answer 17

Pope is authority

Question 18

Christians in the Eastern church —————-.

Answer 18

Byzantine emperor was head of the church

Question 19

Emperor Leo II ordered the destruction of icons in the Byzantine Empire because —————–.

Answer 19

Considered them to be idols

Question 20

————– are religious images that help some Christians with their prayers and worship.

Answer 20

Icons

Question 21

Because of Emperor Leo’s actions the —————— excommunicated him.

Answer 21

Pope

Question 22

The Great Schism was —————–.

Answer 22

Separation of church in Rome from the church in Constantinople

Question 23

Christians in the West became the ———– church; Christians in the East became the ————–.

Answer 23

Catholic

Orthodox

Question 24

In the 7th century, Seljuk ————— invaded the Byzantine Empire.

Answer 24

Turks

Question 25

The Byzantine Emperor appealed to the ————– to help them repeal the Muslim invaders.

Answer 25

Christians in the west

Question 26

Pope Urban II of Rome called on Christians to help the Eastern church which resulted in —————.

Answer 26

The crusades

Question 27

The Crusades were not really a war but rather a —————–.

Answer 27

Rescue operation for the pope

Question 28

Most of those who took part in the Crusades —————-.

Answer 28

Peasants

Question 29

For over 200 years, the Byzantine Empire slid into decline because ————-.

Answer 29

It was difficult for them to recover from the battles with the Muslims

Question 30

In 1453 the ——— ———– ransacked Constantinople and killed the last Byzantine king, signaling the end of the Byzantine Empire.

Answer 30

Ottoman Turks

Question 31

Russia covers ———— of the globe.

Answer 31

1/6

Question 32

The ————- ancestors played a major role in early Russia.

Answer 32

Varangians

Question 33

Because it was located on a river and was on the trade route with the Byzantine Empire, ———— became the center of early Russia.

Answer 33

Kiev

Question 34

As a ruler in early Russia, Yaroslav —————-.

Answer 34

All of the above

Question 35

————— is considered the ancestor of several Arab tribes and the forefather of Muhammad.

Answer 35

Ishmael

Question 36

—————– is the Arabic name for God.

Answer 36

Allah

Question 37

————- is the city where Islam began and is the holiest city in the Islam religion.

Answer 37

Mecca

Question 38

The Koran is the holy book of the Islamic faith and means ———-.

Answer 38

Recitation

Question 39

The Five Pillars are ———–.

Answer 39

Shahadah
Salat
Zakat
Sawm
Hajj

Question 40

The Kabba is —————.

Answer 40

A sacred shrine that housed hundreds of pagan idols

Question 41

The Koran was written by ———–.

Answer 41

Muhammad

Question 42

The two main branches of the Islamic faith —————- and —————–.

Answer 42

Sunni

Shiite

Question 43

The ————- is a part of the ———– where the ————– calls the faithful to prayer.

Answer 43

Minaret
Mosque
Muezzin

Question 44

The Muslim faith was originally spread by ————.

Answer 44

Muhammad

Question 45

Muslims believe Jesus ————.

Answer 45

Was a prophet

Question 46

Muslims do not believe —————-.

Answer 46

All of the above

Question 47

In the Koran, those who do not follow Muhammad are called ————.

Answer 47

Unbelievers

Infidels

Question 48

The Koran exhorts Muslims to —————-.

Answer 48

All of the above

Question 49

The word righteous means ————.

Answer 49

To be in a right relationship with God