The Byzantine empire

Question 1

Bosporus

Answer 1

strait of water that connected the Black Sea and Mediterranean
Seas. Constantinople was located along the Bosporus Strait.

Question 2

Crossroads

Answer 2

Constantinople was located between Europe and Asia

Question 3

Reasons for survival in the eas

Answer 3

location, trade, natural barriers

Question 4

Byzantine Empire

Answer 4

Empire in Constantinople that continued Roman
traditions for 1000 years after the Eastern Roman Empire fell

Question 5

Hagia Sophia

Answer 5

Byzantine Church built by Justinian

Question 6

Justinian Code

Answer 6

standardized Roman laws for the Byzantines

Question 7

Nika Rebellion

Answer 7

Blue and Green chariot race team fans turned on Justinian
due to high taxes. It ended with a massacre of the rebellion

Question 8

Justinian

Answer 8

powerful and effective Byzantine leader who expanded the empire

Question 9

Hippodrome

Answer 9

largest stadium of its time; could hold up to 60,000 people for
Chariot races

Question 10

Christianity

Answer 10

religion based on the teachings of Jesus and the Bible that
influenced life and politics in Constantinople; it was their main religion

Question 11

Greek

Answer 11

language spoken by the Byzantines

Question 12

Cultural diversity

Answer 12

people came from all over to trade in Constantinople, they
would stay as a result of this which gave them the diversity they were
famous for

Question 13

Roman Law

Answer 13

Justinian’s Code was based on Roman Law. Continued as the
basis for the Byzantine legal system

Question 14

Great Schism

Answer 14

The Roman Catholic Church split from the Eastern Orthodox
Christian Church

Question 15

Icons

Answer 15

images of Jesus and the saints

Question 16

Excommunication

Answer 16

to expel someone - to make someone no longer apart of
the church

Question 17

Bible

Answer 17

book of which the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox
Churches are based off of

Question 18

Mosaics

Answer 18

Byzantine Church featured many of these; small glass cubes, or
tesserae, were placed at angles to catch and reflect the light, creating a
sparkling, otherworldly atmosphere.

Question 19

Muslim Turks

Answer 19

began to raid Constantinople in the 1200s, by 1450 they
controlled all the lands surrounding Constantinople.

Question 20

Debt and plague

Answer 20

money owed after the many wars they fought; disease
caused by rats that infested Constantinople

Question 21

Greek Fire

Answer 21

Byzantine’s secret weapon based on liquid fire that could ignite
underwater