6 Written Questions

1. Eastern half of Roman Empire following collapse of western half of old empire; retained Mediterranean culture, particularly Greek; later lost Palestine, Syria, and Egypt to Islam; capital at Constantinople.
2. Justinian's main general; head of conquest. Led slaughter of 30,000 people during Nika Revolt
3. Society in which women defer to men
4. Collection of Roman laws organized by the Byzantine emperor Justinian and later serving as a model for the Catholic Church and medieval monarchs
5. Blues & greens (chariot racing teams turned into fations) upset when Just. passed a law against factions. Also because of high taxes, and money went to conquest instead of the games. Greens & blues revolt.
6. State controls church

6 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Church constructed in Constantinople during Justinian's reign
   1. caesaropapism
   2. Patriarch
   3. Nika Revolt
   4. Haiga Sophia
2. Nephew of Justin, becomes sole emperor of Byzantium in 527 C.E.
   1. Justinian
   2. Kiev
   3. Patriarch
   4. Theodora
3. Ruler of Russian kingdom of Kiev, converted kingdom to Christianity
   1. Kiev
   2. Vladimir I
   3. Justinian
   4. Patriarch
4. Last of the Kievan monarchs; issued legal codification based on codes develpoed in Byzantium
   1. caesaropapism
   2. Greek Fire
   3. Yaroslav the Wise
   4. Vladimir I
5. Trade city in Russia established by Scandinavian traders in the ninth century. Became a focal point for the kingdom.
   1. Kiev
   2. Theodora
   3. Greek Fire
   4. Justinian
6. Byzantine weapon consisting of mixture of chemicals (petroleum, quicklime, sulfur) that ignited when exposed to water; utilized to drive back Arab fleets that attacked Constantinople
   1. Greek Fire
   2. Kiev
   3. Theodora
   4. Vladimir I

5 True/False Questions

1. Constantinople → Blues & greens (chariot racing teams turned into fations) upset when Just. passed a law against factions. Also because of high taxes, and money went to conquest instead of the games. Greens & blues revolt.

   True        False

2. Theodora → Wife of Justinian (previously a harlot). Partially the reason why Justinian was not well-liked by his subjects; convinced J to stay during Nika Revolt

   True        False

3. iconoclasm → destruction of Christian icons as Leo III blamed them the cause for the loss to the Arab Muslims

   True        False

4. Russian Orthodoxy → Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and the Balkans; responsible for creating the Slavic written script called Cyrillic.

   True        False

5. Cyril and Methodius → Russian form of Christianity imported from Byzantium & combined with local religion

   True        False