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(Willis) Byzantine
Byzantine Empire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A disease that spreads quickly is called a _______. | Plague |
| Rapidly increasing prices is called ________. | Inflation |
| To exchange goods without using money is called ________. | Barter |
| Emperor Constantine moved his capital from Rome to _______, which is now called Istanbul. | Constantinople |
| Who was the first Christian Emperor of Rome? | Constantine |
| What emperor wanted to reunite the Roman Empire? | Justinian |
| What Empress helped women to gain more rights? | Theodora |
| The Byzantine Empire was a Crossroads for _________. | Trade |
| Byzantine writers copied the works of Ancient ________ writers? | Greek |
| When _________ took power in AD 284 he introduced reforms and political change to make things better. | Diocletian |
| Western Rome Declined because of _______, ______ & ______. | Poor Leadership, Constant Invasion, Uncontrolled Immigration |
| Rome faced constant invasion and uncontrolled immigration from _________. | Germans |
| __________ introduced major reforms to the Roman Empire, but they all failed. | Diocletian |
| ___________ moved the capital of Rome to Constantinople. | Constantine |
| __________ divided the Roman Empire into two separate Empires, East and West. | Theodosius |
| The ______ & ______ were barbarian hordes that sacked Rome. | Visigoths, Vandals |
| The Western Empire fell when _________ forced the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus to dissolve the Empire. | Odoacer |
| _______ is important because it was a crossroads of trade and a source of wealth & innovation. | Constantinople |
| ________ improved women’s rights in the Byzantine Empire. | Theodora |
| _________ was the Roman General who reconquered Western Rome for Justinian. | Belisarius |
| _________ is best known for reconquering most of the Western Roman Empire, revising Roman Laws, & building the Hagia Sophia. | Justinian |
| ______is the church Justinian is best known for having had built. | Hagia Sophia |
| Emperor Leo III made the use of icons illegal in what became known as_____. | The Iconoclast Controversy |
| The ______ Church split after the Pope and the Byzantine Patriarch Excommunicated each other. | Christian |
| The official split in the Christian church that created the Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox Church was called the _____. | Great Schism |
| The Byzantine Empire fell in ______, when it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks. | 1453 |
| ______ was the founder of Islam. | Muhammad |
| _____ initially spread by force. | Islam |
| The ________ are the main teachings of Islam | Five Pillars |
| _______ is “Struggle in God’s Service” | Jihad |
| ______is law created by Muslim Scholars over the centuries. | Sharia Law |
| ______ was Muhammad’s successor. | Abu Bakr |
| ______split because not all muslims believed Abu Bakr was Muhammad’s successor. | Islam |
| Islam split into two groups, the ______ & the _____. | Sunnis, Shiites |
| The _______ created an empire after the death of Ali. | Ummayads |
| _________ was the first major Female Historian. | Anna Comnena |
| The Byzantine empire was weakened by ____________ & __________. | Plague, Invasions |
| ______ is the holy text of Islam. | Quran |
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