The Rise and Fall of the
Byzantine Empire
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Byzantine Empire reached its
• 1. The ______________________
largest size under the emperor Justinian.
A collection of Laws
• 2. Justinian code was ________________________.
• 3. Pope Urban II sent Christian knights to help fight
Crusades
the Muslims in the 1st of 4 _____________.
• 4. Constantinople was renamed ___________by
Istanbul the
Ottomans.
Marriage,
• 5. The Justinian Code covered _____________
Property and inheritance, crimes
___________________________________________
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1. Justinian
2. Seljuk Turks
3. Byzantine
4. Church
5. Economy
6. Crusade
7. Laws
8. Normans
9. Empire
10. Bezant
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• 1. Which body of water did Justinian’s Empire
Surround?
• The body of water is the Mediterranean Sea.
• 2. Name 2 areas that became part of the
Byzantine Empire after Justinian’s Conquest?
• Areas are Italy, Northern Africa, or Southern
Spain
• 3. Name 2 areas that were part of the
Byzantine Empire before Justinian’s
conquest?
• The 2 Areas are The Balkan Peninsula and
Asia Minor.
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• 1. The Hagia Sophia was a Greek
Church and now it is a Museum.
• 2. Theodora was an actress,
strong willed, a good judge of
character and women’s right
activist
• 3. Answers may vary
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F Istanbul was renamed Constantinople by the
• 1. ___
Ottomans.
T The Justinian Code governed the Byzantine
• 2. ___
Empire.
F Pope Urban II sent Seljuk Turks to help fight
• 3. ___
the Muslims in the 1st of 4 Crusades.
T Justinian got officials to gather, edit, and
• 4. ___
organize the laws of ancient Rome.
F The Byzantine Empire had a weak central
• 5. ___
government and a poor economy.
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• 6. Justinian dreamed of bringing back the
C. Rome
glory of ancient ___________.
• 7. Byzantine culture continued to influence
______________
A. Europe throughout the Middle Ages.
• 8. The Byzantine empire weakened from
constant warfare and struggles for the
throne hurt the empire.