Byzantine Vocab

What was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, a center for trade, and preserved Greco-Roman Culture?

• Rome

• Constantinople

• Athens

• Alexandria

Religious images used to show the story of Christianity are called:

• Icons

• Murals

• Frescoes

• Stained Glass

The artwork made of small ceramic squares is called:

• Mosaic

• Fresco

• Collage

• Tapestry

The name of the huge Orthodox cathedral located in Constantinople is:

• Hagia Sophia

• St. Basil's Cathedral

• St. Peter's Basilica

• Notre Dame Cathedral

The different Christian religion that was centered in the Eastern Roman Empire is called:

• Roman Catholicism

• Eastern Orthodoxy

• Protestantism

• Anglicanism

The fight that divided the Christians of the Eastern and Western Roman Empire was called:

• The Great Schism

• The Crusades

• The Reformation

• The Inquisition

The language used in the Roman Catholic Church services was:

• Latin

• Greek

• Hebrew

• Aramaic

The book of laws made while Justinian that inspired European countries later was called:

• The Code of Hammurabi

• The Twelve Tables

• The Justinian Code

• The Magna Carta

The language used in Eastern Orthodox Church services was:

• Latin

• Greek

• Hebrew

• Aramaic

The Cyrillic alphabet is based on which script?

• Latin

• Greek

• Arabic

• Hebrew