Chapter 2 Byzantine 2020 (Barca)

A holy image

Constantinople means “city of Byzantium.”

The Byzantine empire reached its largest size under

Someone sent to another country by a church, to spread its faith.

Today, Constantinople is known as Istanbul, Turkey.

Libraries in Byzantine cities copied and preserved ________________, or handwritten documents, from Greece and Rome

Which of the following was not one of the foreign invaders trying to attack Constantinople?

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, priests could marry, but in the Roman Catholic Church, Priests could not marry.

Thick walls and a _______________, or trench filled with water, protected Constantinople from attack by land.

By putting out the Nika Rebellion Justinian gained, __________, or unlimited authority,

The Eastern Orthodox Church was led by the Pope, and the Roman Catholic Church was led by the Byzantine emperor

The location Constantine chose for his new capital made for an ideal trading center because of

Byzantine art was usually flat, formal, and religious.

When emperor Constantine took control of the Roman empire, he moved the capital of Rome to the city of:

The bishops of Rome, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, and Constantinople were called patriarchs.

Universal, or connected with all people.

approved a set of beliefs

Emperor _________ gained control of the Roman Empire and moved the capital of his government to the east.

The most famous example of Byzantine architecture is the Hagia Sophia.

Justinian and Theodora were an unusual royal couple because he was from a family of circus performers.

The bishops of Rome, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, and Constantinople were known as

A design made with colored stones and small pieces of glass.

Before he became a Christian, Emperor Constantine was a pagan.

Byzantine culture spread to other places through trade merchants, scholars, visitors, and missionaries.

The bishop of Rome claimed authority over Christians everywhere. He took the title of _________, which meant father

The bishop of Rome felt justified taking the title of pope because of apostolic succession

One of the new buildings, a church called the _________ is often considered one of the world’s most beautiful churches

Justinian's new legal system was known as

The Eastern Roman Empire wasn’t referred to as the Byzantine Empire until the renaissance period.

A person who changes their religion is called a

Constantine named his new capital

The first great Byzantine emperor was ____________

Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1453.

Following a traditional , or established ,set of belief

__________, Justinian’s wife, had a father who was a bear trainer in the circus.

The Eastern Roman Empire lasted for a thousand years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire

Why did Christian bishops adopt the Nicene Creed?

Two forms of art that were typical of the Byzantine civilization included:

The first great byzantine emperor was

Constantine began life as a ______________, or someone who believes in more than one god.

People in the Eastern Orthodox that smashed icons were known as

After Constantine’s death, the Roman Empire split into an Eastern Roman Empire and a Western Roman Empire.

In 1054, the Christian Church split into two traditions in an event called: