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Roman & Byzantine Empires
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- Q1The five leaders of the early Eastern Orthodox Christian church were called:iconoclastspriestspopespatriarchs10s
- Q2Which culture was most influenced by the Byzantines?RussianSpanishFrenchItalian10s
- Q3For what purpose was the Cyrillic alphabet developed?It was created to convert North African people to Christianity.It was created to communicate between East and West after the fall of Rome.It was invented by missionaries as a way to write down Slavic language.It was created to write down the New Testament for the first time.10s
- Q4Which of the following was NOT true of Justinian?He was the first emperor to convert to Christianity.He was married to a woman named Theodora who came from a lower class.He ordered the construction of the Hagia Sophia.He established a written law code in 529 that gave great power to the emperor, discriminated against non-Christians, and gave more power to women.30s
- Q5What is an icon?a picture of the emperora statue of a gladiatora statement of beliefa holy image of a religious figure30s
- Q6Which of the following was NOT something that was used to defend Constantinople?cannonsGreek firestrong defensive wallsa well-protected harbor30s
- Q7Which of the following caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire?Foreign invasion from various tribesAll of theseCivil war among Roman generalsEconomic collapse due to inflation30s
- Q8Who was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity?NeroConstantineAugustusTheodosius30s
- Q9Which emperor persecuted Christians by imprisoning and executing them?JustinianRomulus AugustusNeroConstantine30s
- Q10The Pax Romana ended with which emperor's death?Marcus AureliusConstantineAugustusJulius Caesar30s
- Q11A general rise in the cost of goods and devaluation of currency is called:orthodoxybarbarianinflationmercenery30s
- Q12What is a mercenery?a person who fights for their own countrya person who fights for pay, not for patriotic dutya person who converts to another religiona wealthy trader30s
- Q13When did Christianity develop?in the first century B.C.E.in the first century C.E.in the fourth century C.E.in the second century B.C.E.30s
- Q14Christianity is a ____ religion that believes in one god, but they believe that God has three parts called the _____.monotheistic...Triopolytheistic...Trinitymonotheistic...Trinitypolytheistic...tetrarchy30s
- Q15The stories of the Christian leader, Jesus of Nazareth, come from which sacred text?Old TestamentNew Testament GospelsQuranHebrew Bible30s