Rome & Byzantine Empire Vocab

Question 1

Empire

Answer 1

a large territory which several groups ruled by

Question 2

corruption

Answer 2

pattern of illegal or immoral activites by government officals

Question 3

decline

Answer 3

a slow breakdown of failure

Question 4

mosaic

Answer 4

a picture made up of small pieces of, tile, glass, or colored stone

Question 5

phliosophy

Answer 5

the study of wisdom, knowledge, and nature of reality

Question 6

death toll

Answer 6

the number of deaths from a particluar cause

Question 7

civil war

Answer 7

a war between groups in the same country

Question 8

republic

Answer 8

a form of government where citizens elect representatives to rule for them

Question 9

political instability

Answer 9

a natural tendency of a government to collapse

Question 10

economic problems

Answer 10

results from the mismatch between limited resources and unlimited wants

Question 11

aqueducts

Answer 11

a pipe or raised channel built to carry water over long distance

Question 12

cost/benefits

Answer 12

a benefit is what is gained
cost is what is given up or lost

Question 13

territory

Answer 13

an area of land under the control of a ruler

Question 14

custom

Answer 14

a way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a long time

Question 15

Pax Romana

Answer 15

a 200 year period of peace and stability established maintianed

Question 16

Christianity

Answer 16

the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus

Question 17

disciple

Answer 17

a person who helps spread the religious teachings of another

Question 18

Gospel

Answer 18

an account of the life and teachings of Jesus, four of them are included in the new testament of the Christian bible

Question 19

Messiah

Answer 19

a savior who many Jews believed had been promised to them by god

Question 20

Parable

Answer 20

a simple story that explains a moral or religious lesson

Question 21

Missionary

Answer 21

someone who tires to convert others to believe in a particular religion or set of beliefs

Question 22

Resurrection

Answer 22

in Christian belief, Jesus rises from the dead

Question 23

Icon/ Iconoclasts

Answer 23

picture of saint on wall

Question 24

Hagia Sophia

Answer 24

a church built by Justinian means holy wisdom

Question 25

Byzantine Empire

Answer 25

another name for the eastern empire

Question 26

patriarch

Answer 26

leader of the byzantine church

Question 27

pope

Answer 27

leader of the roman catholic church

Question 28

western roman empire

Answer 28

lasted less than 100 years after the split had many internal and external problems that caused its fall

Question 29

orthodox

Answer 29

correct belief

Question 30

Constantinople

Answer 30

the capital city of the Roman Empire for more than a thousand years

Question 31

legacy

Answer 31

government, law, language, architecture, engineering, and religion

Question 32

Justinian's Code

Answer 32

collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I from 529 to 565 ce

Question 33

schism

Answer 33

a separation the church split the roman empire into roman catholic and eastern orthodox

Question 34

heretic

Answer 34

a beliver of false religious ideas