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HI Pp. 109-114
Ch. 10 QUIZ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was Byzantium renamed? | "New Rome" |
| In what year did Constantinople become the capital of the Eastern Empire? | 395 |
| the first great leader of the Byzantine Empire | Justinian 1 |
| Justinian's gifted general; reestablished the Roman imperium over North Africa, Italy, and parts of Spain | Belisarius |
| the most magnificent church building of the early Middle Ages and the greatest achievement of Byzantine architecture | Cathedral of Hagia Sophia |
| the portion of the world in which Christianity was the dominant religion | Christendom |
| biblical principles combined with existing Roman law | Justinian Code |
| Justinian's wife in whom he was greatly inspired by | Empress Theodora |
| What 2 invaded the Byzantium empire from the WEST? | Lombards and Normans |
| What 2 invaded the Byzantium empire from the NORTH? | Avars and Bulgars |
| Who harassed the Byzantium empire from the east? | Persians |
| Who defeated the Avars and the Persians of the Byzantium empire? | Heraclius |
| military provinces of the Byzantium empire | Themes |
| the religion that menaced the Byzantines in the Arabian Peninsula | Islam |
| a Byzantine invention similar to flamethrower; the secret weapon they used to defeat both assaults | "Greek fire" |
| the great general responsible for saving Constantinople during the second siege | Leo 3 |
| an abstract, simplified image or picture of Christ, Mary, or one of the saints | Icon |
| a Macedonian by birth, led a restoration of Byzantium's power | Basil 1 |
| The Byzantium empire was at its greatest height since the days of who? | Justinian the Great |
| In 1071, the Selijuk Turks won major victory over the Byzantines in what battle? | Battle of Manzikert |
| the last Byzantine emperor | Constantine 11 |
| called "the Conqueror" | Muhammad 2 |
| T\F: The glorious Byzantine Empire had come to an end after ruling for over a thousand years. | T |
| What church gradually developed after the permanent division of the Roman Empire? | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| In what year did the two churches split? | 1054 |
| a public worship service of superstition, symbolism, and pageantry | Greek liturgy |
| "Apostle to the Slavs" | Cyril |
| a script based on the Greek alphabet; the foundation for the Russian and Slavic alphabets | Cyrillic alphabet |
| T\F: The Byzantine church's greatest contribution to civilization was the preservation of the Greek NT church. | T |
| What became the basis of Erasmus's 1516 edition of the Greek NT? | Byzantine text |
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