Ch 7 Byzantine Empire

Who did the Roman Catholic Church say was head of the church?

• pope

• emperor

• people

• clergy

Who did the Eastern Orthodox Church say was head of the church?

• pope

• people

• emperor

• clergy

What is the Justinian Code?

• books of laws

• writings of Emperor Justin

• religious document

• books of hieroglyphs

Why is the Justinian Code important?

• It tells about everyday life in ancient Rome.

• It influenced many future cultures and civilizations.

• It tells about everyday life in Byzantine.

• It laid the foundation of western medicine.

Who conquered the Byzantine Empire?

• Ottoman Turks

• Islamic Turks

• Romans

• Huns

Why was Constantinople such a prosperous city?

• Trade hub for Europe, Asia, and Africa
• Great architecture 
• Autocratic rulers 
• The pope lives there

Who was the famous lady that influenced her husband to increase some legal rights of women?

• Irene
• Theodora
• Joan of Arc 
• Eleanor of Aquitaine 

Why is Justinian's Code of laws so important today?

• It established all rules regarding. taxation.
• It established codes regarding the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• It established the basis for legal codes in Western World.
• It established what entertainment acts were at Hippodrome.

Match the following

• Accomplishments of Justinian

• Place where chariot races occurred in the Byzantine Empire. It shows the mastery of Byzantine Engineering and its connection to the Western Roman Empire

• A type of Byzantine Art

• Construction of the Hagia Sophia, the building of law courts and bath houses, a law code (the law code is the most important of them all)

• Hagia Sophia

• This showed the connection between church and state as well as the wealth and power of the Byzantine Empire

• Hippodrome

• Conquered Constantinople and caused the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453

• Ottoman Turks

• Mosaic

What is an icon?

• A famous painter

• A religious image

• An emperor who governs an army

• None of the above