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Match the following

• capital of Byzantium

• Justinian

• church building

• Constantinople

• Empress of the Byzantine Empire

• Hagia Sophia

• sacred images

• Icons

• Greatest Emperor of Byzantine Empire

• Theodora

Match the following

• head of the Orthodox Church

• Iconoclasm

• Image Breaking

• Pope

• four part code of law

• Mosaic

• head of the Catholic Church

• Justinian's Code

• small stone /glass that makes a picture

• Patriarch

How is the Byzantine Empire a continuation of Rome and in what ways was it a departure?

(2 continuations and 2 departures with details)

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of what remained of what ancient empire?

• The Roman Empire

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Holy Roman Empire

• The Mongolian Empire

Which Byzantine emperor built Hagia Sophia?

• Justinian

• Constantine

• Maximian

• Diocletian

What are the primary reasons to study the Byzantines?

This image is an example of a

• saint

• portrait

• Icon

• iconoclasm

Controversy centered on the appropriate use of Icons. There was fear that people would worship the Icons instead of the holy person represented in them.

• Iconoclasm

• Kristallnacht

• Schism

• Byzantine controversy

Which of these is the source of the Iconoclastic debate:

• Religious images or icons
• Scientific discoveries
• Political treaties
• Religious texts

  Old Testament

In what year did the Byzantine Empire finally fall, marking the end of the Eastern Roman Empire?

• 1453

• 1204

• 476

• 1025