Sunday, February 22, 2015

6th Social Studies - 2/23/15


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bgoVujyQ2ThNjze3gRWc0laDEhM4VPcXGAmRqw_BGo4/pub

Homework

2/26 -COPY AGAIN - vocabulary words in NB

1. Eastern Orthodox Christianity - In the Christian religion, Orthodox Christianity, also known as Eastern Orthodoxy, began as the eastern half of Christendom, the site of the former Byzantine Empire.

2. architecture - the art or science of building; specifically : the art or practice of designing and building structures

3. Roman Catholicism - is a worldwide religious tradition of some 1.1 billion members. It traces its history to Jesus of Nazareth

4. Diocletian - (245–311) was a Roman emperor from 284 to 305. Born to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia
5. Constantine -Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (February 27, 272 C.E. – May 22, 337 C.E.) commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or (among Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christians) Saint Constantine, was a Roman emperor, proclaimed Augustus by his troops on July 25, 306 C.E., and who ruled an ever-growing portion of the Roman Empire  until his death.

6. Palestine - is a geographic region in Western Asia between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is sometimes considered to include adjoining territories

7. Constantinople - was the capital city of the Roman and Byzantine (330–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin (1204–1261), and the Ottoman (1453–1922) empires. It was re-inaugurated in 324 AD at ancient Byzantium as the new capital of the oman Empire by Emperor Constantine the Great, after whom it was named.

8. Byzantine empire - known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the predominantly Greek -speaking eastern half and remainder of the Roman Empire