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She wrote the Alexiad -- a history of her father's reign as Emperor
Empress Josephine
Theodora
Empress Sophia
Anna Komnena
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The Byzantine Empire is also known as
Istanbul, Turkey
Mesopotamia
Western Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
3
The leader of the Ottoman Turks who was finally able to conquer the walls and city of Constantinople
Sulieman the Magnificent
Mehmed the Conqueror
Justinian
Osman
4
Today, if you want to visit the Hagia Sophia and the capital of the Byzantine Empire, you go to
Istanbul
Rome
Constantinople
Byzantium
5
This uprising almost caused Justinian to flee Constantinople but Theodora said no!
Nika Rebellion
The Iconoclast Rebellion
Turkish Rebellion
The Great Schism
6
A major accomplishment of the Byzantine Empire was
Preserving the history, writings & culture of the Greeks & Romans
Creating a new sect of Christianity -- Eastern Orthodox
Helping protect Western Europe from Muslim invasion
All of the above
7
The Ottomans were finally able to bring down Constantinople with this fairly new invention
Crossbow
Cannon
Catapult
Tank
8
This church was a Byzantine architectural achievement
The Church of Justinian
The Constantinople
The Hagia Sophia
The Istanbul
9
The city where the capital of the Eastern Roman empire is located is known as
Byzantium
Constantinople
Istanbul
All of the above
10
This monk opposed the Emperor's iconoclasm and defended the use of icons by Christians.
John of Damascus
Methodius
Cyril
Constantine
11
He was the general who carried out Justinian's plan to reunite the Roman Empire
Cyril
John of Damascus
Constantine
Belisarius
12
Orthodox believe the emperor was the head of church; Romans believe the Pope was; this caused
The Great Schism
The Rapture
evolution
A revolution
13
The emperors of the Byzantine Empire held absolute, unquestioned authority; this means
oligarch
autocrat
Democrat
unelected
14
The city of Constantinople was a great place for a capitol because
all of the above
It had a great port for sea trading
It was surrounded by water and by adding walls it was easy to defend
It connected Asia and Europe
15
When the Emperor outlawed the use of icons, it caused this
Great Schism
Great Debate
Iconoclast Controversy
A war between Roman Catholics & Eastern Orthodox
16
Cyrill and Methodius created this to convert the Slavic people to Christianity
Icons
Latin Alphabet
Hagia Sophia
Cyrillic Alphabet
17
They believed the Emperor was the head of the church, priests should marry and icons should be used
Roman Catholics
Both
Eastern Orthodox
18
The Byzantine Empire collapsed when it was invaded by
Vandals
Ottoman Turks
Western Romans
Visigoths
19
The religion of the Byzantine Empire was
Muslim
Roman Catholic
Judaism
Eastern Orthodox
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Justinian is most famous for creating this
The Code of Constantinople
The Code of Justinian
The Hagia Sophia
The Four Books of Justinian
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This Emperor of Rome made Christianity legal and moved the capital to Byzantium
Justinian
Julius Caesar
Constantine
Diocletian
