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38 Cards in this Set
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pictures made from many bits of colored glass or stone |
Moisac |
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Christian holy people |
Saint |
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a person who stands in for a ruler who is too young or too ill to govern |
regent |
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Who made up the largest group within the Byzantine Empire? |
Greeks |
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One reason for Constantinople's success was its |
location |
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Constantinople offered safe harbors for what kind of ships? (3 answers) |
fishing boats, trading ships, and war ships |
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What was Constantinople known as? |
the "New Rome" |
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What was the name of the oval arena Constantinople had and what was it used for? |
Hippodrome, where chariot races and other events were held |
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What happened to the Byzantine Empire as time passed? |
became less Roman and more Greek |
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List the cultures that blended together to form the Byzantine civilization. |
Egyptians, Slavs, and other customs from Persia |
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What were Emperor Justinian's duties? (3 answers) |
controlled the military, made laws, and was supreme judge |
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Who was Theodora and what did she convince Justinian to do? |
a former actress, she convinced him to give women more rights |
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What happened for the first time because of what Theodora did? |
a Byzantine wife could own land |
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Why was a Byzantine wife could own land significant if a women became a widow? |
She now had the income to take care of her children. |
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What did Justinian want to do and what did he have to do in order to accomplish his goal? |
He wanted to reunite the Roman Empire and bring back Rome's glory. To do this, he had to conquer Western Europe and Northern Africa |
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soldiers mounted on horses |
calvary |
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What was the problem with Justinian conquering too much land too quickly? |
The empire did not have the money to mantain an army large enough to hold the territory after Justinian died |
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How long did the Byzantine Empire last? |
1,000 years |
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Most Byzantines were not merchants. Instead they were |
farmers, herders, laborers, and artisans |
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What was one of the major Byzantine industries? |
weaving silk |
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How did silk make its way into the Byzantine Empire? |
Byzantine travelers smuggled silkworm eggs out of China |
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one of Justinian's greatest achievements was the building of |
Holy Wisdom |
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What subjects were boys taught in Byzantine schools? |
religion, medicine, law, arithmetic, grammar, and other subjects |
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curved structure of stone or concrete forming a ceiling or roof |
vault |
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work that pokes fun at human weaknesses |
satire |
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poem that expresses strong emotions about life |
ode |
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the study of body structure |
anatomy |
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open space in Rome that served as a marketplace and public square |
Forum |
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person who fought animals and other people as public entertainment |
gladiators |
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'father of the family' |
paterfamilias |
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public speaking |
rhetoric |
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period of rapidly increasing prices |
inflation |
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to exchange goods without using money
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barter |
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During a period of 50 years, Rome had __ leaders. |
22 |
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Wealthy Romans supported slavery because |
it was a cheap way to get work done |
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One way for the government to get the money they needed was to |
put less gold in coins |
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People soon learned that the coins didn't have much gold in them, and then three things happened |
prices went up,stopped using money, started to barter |
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What did Spartacus do and what happened to him and his followers? |
He and his 6000 followers were crucified |
