SS Byzantine Terms

Question 1

Excommunication

Answer 1

Banning people from going to church

Question 2

Icon

Answer 2

Image of a holy figure in churches on paintings, carvings, statues, mosaics, and stained glass windows

Question 3

Iconoclasts

Answer 3

People who disagreed with using religious icons

Question 4

Dowry

Answer 4

The money or goods a wife brought to her husband at marriage

Question 5

Heresy

Answer 5

Opinion which conflicts with church beliefs

Question 6

Mosaic

Answer 6

A picture made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.

Question 7

Greek fire

Answer 7

A weapon of liquid that was thrown on enemy ships that would catch on fire

Question 8

Justinian Code

Answer 8

Collection of useful Roman laws that got rid of outdated laws and added fair laws that covered marriage/property/slavery and crime

Question 9

Hagia Sophia

Answer 9

Church ordered by Justinian. It is most famous for its massive dome which sat upon a rectangular base