Starter quiz
- To which city do all the major Abrahamic religions lay claim?
- Jerusalem ✓
- Mecca
- Medina
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- Which of the following statements is the best definition of the word emperor?
- a ruler of a single nation
- a ruler of an area often made up of several kingdoms and regions ✓
- a person who inherits this title through birth
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- Which of the following statements is the best definition of the word colony?
- an area under the political control of another country ✓
- an area that has political control of itself
- an area that has political control of other areas
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- Which of the following statements is the best definition of the word conquest?
- the act of gaining control over a territory or people peacefully
- the act of gaining control over a territory or people through military force ✓
- the desire to be controlled by someone else
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- Which of the following statements is the best definition of the word territory?
- an area of land that nobody has control over
- an area with its own local government
- an area of land under the control of a particular government, country or person ✓
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- Which of the following were the two main religions of the Roman Empire?
- Christianity ✓
- Islam
- Polytheism ✓
- Judaism
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Exit quiz
- This keyword is a group of territories ruled over by one person or group of people.
- 'empire' ✓
- Match the words with their definitions. Write the correct letter in each box.
- Idolatry⇔the worship of images ✓
- Iconoclasm⇔the destruction of holy images ✓
- Eastern Orthodox⇔the form of Christianity practised in the Byzantine Empire ✓
- Starting with the earliest, sort these events into the order in which they happened.
- 1⇔City founded as a Greek colony
- 2⇔Constantine converts to Christianity
- 3⇔City renamed Constantinople
- 4⇔Roman Empire splits into East and West
- 5⇔Western Roman Empire collapses
- Which two of the following weakened the Byzantine Empire from within?
- conflicts over religion ✓
- invasions by Germanic tribes
- violent changes of rulers ✓
- loss of territory in wars
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- Whose reign was considered to be a high point for the Byzantine Empire?
- Constantine
- Justinian I ✓
- Caligula
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- From whom was Byzantium was facing external threats by the 11th century?
- Seljuk Turks ✓
- Arabic Muslims
- Germanic tribes
- Slavic tribes
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Key learning points
- Byzantium considered itself to be the successor to the Roman Empire.
- Byzantium was a Christian empire.
- The reign of Justinian I was a high point for the Byzantine Empire.
- By the 11th century, the Byzantine Empire had been weakened by a series of internal conflicts.
- By the 11th century, Byzantium was facing external threats from the Seljuk Turks.
Common misconception
Towns and cities are called by the same name as they were given when they were founded.
Towns and cities all over the world have changed their name repeatedly for a wide variety of reasons. For example, York was called Eboracum by the Romans, Eoforwick by the Saxons and Jorvik by the Vikings!
Keywords
Empire - an empire is a group of territories ruled over by one person or group of people
Idolatry - idolatry is the worship of images
Iconoclasm - iconoclasm is the destruction of holy images
Eastern orthodox - Eastern Orthodox Christianity was the form of Christianity practised in the Byzantine Empire
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