Byzantine Empire Quiz

The practice of living the life of a monk

• hedonism
• materialism
• asceticism
• monasticism

Highest church official of the Eastern Orthodox Church

• Cardinal
• Patriarch
• Bishop
• Imam

The capital of the Byzantine Empire; a city founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine

• Alexandria
• Rome
• Athens
• Constantinople

Was considered the messiah, the deliverer of Israel, leader of Christianity.

• Jesus Christ
• Muhammad
• Buddha
• Moses

Head of the Roman Catholic Church

• Bishop
• Cardinal
• Monk
• Pope

A law code created by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian about 530 CE. It was a revision of the old Roman law system.

• Emperor Code
• Roman Code
• Byzantine Code
• Justinian Code

A formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group

• schism
• separation
• division
• splitting

Made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire

• Nero
• Julius Caesar
• Constantine the Great
• Augustus

Ruled the Byzantine empire at its height, simplified Roman Laws

• Justinian I
• Nero
• Augustus
• Constantine

The previous name of Constantinople, the future capital of the Byzantine Empire.

• Istanbul
• Rome
• Byzantium
• Athens