Step 1:  Open this Word document  byzcomplab1.doc  on your computer to see the questions for each section of the website below.  Answer the questions IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS.  You should  copy the headings into your notes, then either copy the questions or answer them in a way that makes sense so you can understand your answers later.

 

  

Step 2:  Click on the website below to begin reading about the Byzantine Empire & find answers to the questions on the Word document.  READ each page & write your answers in your notes.  You will get a classwork grade for the work you do today.  Use the headings to find out what questions go with each page.

 

The Byzantine Empire

http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0142-byzantine-empire.php

 

 

Step 3:  When you finish, try some of the links below (hopefully they are not blocked....)

 

Virtual Tour of the Hagia Sophia!  Try this link & take a tour of one of the world's largest churches!

 

The 2 sites below have lots of Byzantine artwork to browse:

Royal Academy

 

Met Museum

 

Once you have browsed the sites above, you can try your luck at some of these games:

Dress your gladiator for combat!

 

Wallsmasher! Build your own trebuchet... Try to destroy the castke walls!

 

Build a Roman Aqueduct

 

 

See if you picked up enough knowledge today to beat these review games.  We have not covered all of this content yet, but you can give them a try:

Make the Teacher Walk the Plank Game on Byzantine Empire 

 

Fling the Teacher Game on Byzantium & Islam

 

 

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Just in case the Word document won't open (one never knows here in the Granby JrSr High computer lab), here are the questions again:

 

 

The Byzantine Empire

 

What happened to the Roman Empire in 395?

 

The City of Constantinople

 

Why was Constantinople the perfect place for a capitol city?  (at least 2 reasons)                               

 

Who built Constantinople?

 

A New Culture

 

What language did the Byzantines speak? 

 

What new version of Christianity did they develop?

 

The Emperor Justinian

 

What did Justinian do for women in the Byzantine Empire?

 

The Corpus of Civil Law

 

What was wrong with the Roman laws & how did Justinian fix them?

 

Justinian Encourages The Arts

 

What was Justinian’s greatest building project?

 

The New Rome

 

What was Justinian’s most important goal?

 

Was he successful & what were the effects?

 

The Eastern Orthodox Church

 

Summarize the conflict within Christianity.

 

Iconoclasts

 

Summarize the iconoclast controversy.

 

The Churches Split

What do the 2 churches become known as?

 

A Long Period of Decline

 

Summarize the Byzantine Empires decline.