Byzantine Empire Flocab Quiz

What did Diocletian do to change the way the Roman Empire was ruled?

• He proclaimed himself "the ruler for life."

• He started the first ever Roman dynasty.

• He allowed a council of Germanic tribes to rule the empire.

• He gave lands in the east to a co-emperor.

During the middle ages, the city of Constantinople was

• the largest city in the world

• protected by high mountains and deserts

• the holiest city to Christians

• the home of the Pope

The location of Constantinople made it a place

• where it rained nearly all of the time

• where no army could ever invade

• where Eastern and Western cultures collided

• far from the influence of the Pope

During the Byzantine Empire the people of Constantinople spoke

• Latin

• Greek

• Roman

• Turkish

Theodora passed a series of laws that

• made her more powerful than her husband

• outlawed all religions but Christianity

• increased rights for women

• helped the rich get even richer

Theodora and her husband had what famous church built?

• Mecca

• Cathedral of St. Paul

• Kaaba

• Hagia Sophia

The Great Schism split apart the

• city of Constantinople

• Christian Church

• Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

The people of the Byzantine Empire were famous for portraits that combined religion with art known as

• icons

• frescoes

• murals

• mosaics

Who overran Constantinople and ended the Byzantine Empire in 1453?

• Christian Crusaders

• Ottoman Turks

• Seljuk Turks

• Mongols

In the Byzantine Empire, an iconoclast was someone who

• wanted icons destroyed

• thought icons were just fine

• made icons out of metal

• was famous enough to be worshipped