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Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire

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Virginia Davis

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Rome eventually fell because of problems in the military, political problems, economic problems and social problems. The social problems were all of the following except:

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many foreign invasions

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population declined from disease and war

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moral decay, loss of values and loyalty

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expensive to keep up with bread and circuses

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Constantinople served as a center for what two cultures?
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Greece and Rome
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Persia and Rome
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Phoenicia and Rome
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Greece and Hebrew

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When the empire split, what was the new capital?
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Rome 
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Constantinople 
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Carthage 
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Istanbul 

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What allowed Constantinople to become such a significant and wealthy city?
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It was built on top of an old gold mine.
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It was always at war with other civilizations.
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It was connected to the Silk Road and other trade routes.
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It was the religious center of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Which of the following statements correctly describes Justinian's impact on the Byzantine empire?
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Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire began a centuries long expansion
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Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire reached its largest size ever
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Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire shrank to half its original size
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Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire fell to the Turks

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What was the name of the code that unifed Byzantine and western Roman empire?
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Hammurabi's Code
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Justinian's Code
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Theodora's Code
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Byzantine's Code

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Why is Justinian's Code of laws so important today?
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It established all rules regarding. taxation.
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It established codes regarding the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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It established the basis for legal codes in Western World.
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It established what entertainment acts were at Hippodrome.

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Who was the famous lady that influenced her husband to increase some legal rights of women?
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Irene
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Theodora
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Joan of Arc 
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Eleanor of Aquitaine 

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Identify this Byzantine Church that was commissioned by Justinian.
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Hagia Sophia
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National Cathedral
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Notre Dame
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Taj Mahal

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The split of the Christian church into Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy was known as the

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Crusades

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Protestant Reformation

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Golden Horde Khanate

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Great Schism

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What church was found in the Byzantine Empire?

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Eastern Orthodox

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Roman Catholic

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Lutheran

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Methodist

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The event that ultimately caused the great schism was …

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The Crusades

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Mutual Excommunication

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Constantine converting to Christianity

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Justinian I marrying Theodora

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Which group conquered Constantinople?

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Persians

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Huns

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Ottoman Turks

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Carthage

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The term that identifies the culture and linguistic group of Eastern Europe is called

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Slavic

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Byzantine

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Romanian

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Incan

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According to the Primary Chronicle, the first documented manuscript on Russian history, the ________________ were asked by the Slavic people to rule over them.

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Byzantines

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Vikings

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Chinese

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Mongols

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The Kievan Rus and Byzantine Empire both practiced what denomination of Christianity?

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Lutheranism

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Calvinism

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Roman Catholic

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Eastern Orthodox

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The first Grand Prince of Kiev to be baptized a Christian, beginning the conversion of the slavs to Christianity was

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Ivan III

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Vladimir

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Oleg

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Alexander Nevsky

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The Saints Cyril and Methodius are most notable for their contribution of

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ending the Great Schism between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy

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Igniting the crusades or holy wars against the Islamic world

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Defeating a large contingent of Teutonic knights as the battle on the ice at Lake Peipus, preserving Orthodoxy among the Kievan Rus

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Creating the Cyrillic alphabet, which is still used by Slavic speaking communities today

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The word Byzantine is used to describe the

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The Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of Rome

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Slavic language group of Eastern Europe

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The Turkish speaking Islamic empire in Central Asia

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The linguistic group of Sub-Saharan Africa

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