1. Byzantine Byznass
TRUE OR FALSE!!!!!

2. Instructions
As statements are displayed, if a statement is factual show your TRUE (LEFT) side. If a statement is incorrect show your FALSE(RIGHT) side.

3. Western Rome was invaded by Germanic tribes in the 5th century.
True!

4. Byzantium was renamed Constantinople.
TRUE!!!

5. False! It was a lack of communication.
Economics was the cause of the split between the Eastern and Western parts of the Roman empire.
False! It was a lack of communication.

6. Like the old Caesars of Rome, Byzantine emperors ruled with absolute power.
So true.

7. Diocletian reorganized Roman law to make it easier to use.
False! It was Justinian

8. False! Justinian used a committee to gather all the Roman laws
The Justinian code, Corpus Juris Civilis, was created by Justinian himself.
False! Justinian used a committee to gather all the Roman laws

9. The Byzantine emperors enjoyed very peaceful rulerships.
False! Of the 88 emperors, 29 died violently and 13 abandoned the monarchy.

10. The Hagia Sophia was ordered to be built by Justinian.
True!

11. The Hagia Sophia means church of holy kindness.
False! Church of holy wisdom.

12. False! The emperor often appointed the patriarch.
In Byzantium, the church and the government were kept completely separate.
False! The emperor often appointed the patriarch.

13. Education and learning were not very important in Byzantium.
Falso

14. The Byzantines used Greek and Roman literature as textbooks.
True!

15. The main road lined with outlets in Constantinople was the Mese, meaning “middle way.”
True!

16. Empress Theodora was Justinian’s powerful mother.
False! Theodora was his influential wife.

17. Byzantine citizens could enjoy free entertainment at the Hippodrome.
True!

18. Emperor Leo III banned the use of religious images called icons.
TRUE!

19. Excommunication is removing a person from their family.
False! Kicking a person out of the church faith.

20. The word “schism” means split.
True!

21. Christianity was split into the Roman Catholic Church in the East and the Orthodox church in the West.
Nope. The Orthodox church was in Byzantium and the Roman Catholic Church remained in Western Europe.

22. True! Although it is the opposite in the Eastern Orthodox church.
In the Roman Catholic church, the priests may not marry and divorce is not permitted.
True! Although it is the opposite in the Eastern Orthodox church.

23. The Cyrillic alphabet was invented for Slavic languages.
True!

24. The bubonic plague was transmitted into Eastern Europe by way of ships from India carrying rats.
Truth!