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WHI Unit 8 Test
Byzantine Empire/Middle Ages Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Roman Catholic Church | Christian Church in WESTERN Europe after the fall of Rome |
| Latin | Language of the Bible in Western Europe (RCC) |
| Monks | RCC positions for people who copied Biblical texts |
| Monasteries | Places where monks lived and worked |
| Byzantine Empire | Eastern 1/2 of the previous Roman Empire that survived after 476AD |
| Constantine | Roman Emperor who established the Eastern Capital |
| Constantinople | Name of the Eastern capital city |
| Greek | Language of the Eastern Church Biblical Texts |
| Scribes | Eastern Byzantine positions that illustrated and copied Greek and Roman texts, as well as the Greek Bible |
| Trade | Constantinople became a city of ____ and commerce because of it's location |
| Peninsula | Constantinople was built on a ____ and was fortified by land sea |
| Icons | Byzantine religious images |
| Mosaic | glass, ceramic, stone images in Byzantine culture |
| Domed buildings | architectural design of buildings an many churches in the Byzantine Empire |
| Hagia Sophia | Build by Byzantine Emperor Justinian, Christian Church originally |
| Justinian | considered to be the greatest Byzantine Emperor |
| Code of Justinian | Justinian's law code that influenced future laws in Europe |
| Schism | Split within Christianity |
| Pope | leader of RCC WESTERN Christian Church |
| Patriarch | leader of Orthodox EASTERN Christian Church |
| Rome | Capital city of RCC WESTERN Christian Church |
| Constaninople | Capital city of Orthodox EASTERN Christian Chruch |
| Crusades | Religious wars started by RCC and Pope Urban II to regain land in the Middle East |
| Ottoman Turks | Eventually this Islamic Empire and ______ conquered the Byzantine Empire in 1453 and renamed Constantinople |
| Istanbul | New name for Constantinople after it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. |
| Russia | Many Byzantine ideas, architecture, styles migrated to this large European and Asian country through trade and missionaries |
| Trade | ____ and travel from the Byzantine Empire to Russia was through the Black and Baltic Seas |
| Cyrillic | adopted from the Greek language to become the foundation for Slavic language used in Russia |
| Russian Orthodox Church | Russian church led by the Tsar, based on Greek Orthodoxy |
| Ivan the Great | Russian tsar and leader of the Russian Orthodox Church who freed Russian lands from the Mongols |
| Czar | another way to spell Tsar (absolute leader of Russia title) |
| Genghis Khan | most famous Mongol leader who unified the empire and led the Golden Horde military to many victories |
| Vikings | people from Northern Europe (Scandinavia) who settled Russia |
| Asia | Magyars were invaders from Central who settled across Europe |
| 200 years | Mongols controlled lands in Russia for over- |
| Jesus | Founder of Christianity |
| Bible | Old and New Testament- Holy book of Christian believers |
| Trinity | Name of God for Christianity representing the THREE |
| Roman | Christianity started during the era of which Empire? |
| Middle East | Which region of the world did Christianity begin? |
| Israel | Modern-day country where Christianity began? |
| Crucified | Belief of Christian believer, that Jesus was ____ on a cross and was ressurected after his death |
| Greek Orthodox Church | Name of Church found in the Byzantine Empire |