Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire

by Virginia Davis

9.4 - ​Byzantine Empire!

Multiple Choice

Rome eventually fell because of problems in the military, political problems, economic problems and social problems. The social problems were all of the following except:

• many foreign invasions

• population declined from disease and war

• moral decay, loss of values and loyalty

• expensive to keep up with bread and circuses

Multiple Choice

Constantinople served as a center for what two cultures?

• Greece and Rome
• Persia and Rome
• Phoenicia and Rome
• Greece and Hebrew

Multiple Choice

When the empire split, what was the new capital?

• Rome 
• Constantinople 
• Carthage 
• Istanbul 

Multiple Choice

What allowed Constantinople to become such a significant and wealthy city?

• It was built on top of an old gold mine.
• It was always at war with other civilizations.
• It was connected to the Silk Road and other trade routes.
• It was the religious center of the Roman Catholic Church.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements correctly describes Justinian's impact on the Byzantine empire?

• Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire began a centuries long expansion
• Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire reached its largest size ever
• Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire shrank to half its original size
• Under Justinian, the Byzantine empire fell to the Turks

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the code that unifed Byzantine and western Roman empire?

• Hammurabi's Code
• Justinian's Code
• Theodora's Code
• Byzantine's Code

Multiple Choice

Why is Justinian's Code of laws so important today?

• It established all rules regarding. taxation.
• It established codes regarding the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• It established the basis for legal codes in Western World.
• It established what entertainment acts were at Hippodrome.

Multiple Choice

Who was the famous lady that influenced her husband to increase some legal rights of women?

• Irene
• Theodora
• Joan of Arc 
• Eleanor of Aquitaine 

Multiple Choice

Identify this Byzantine Church that was commissioned by Justinian.

• Hagia Sophia
• National Cathedral
• Notre Dame
• Taj Mahal

Multiple Choice

The split of the Christian church into Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy was known as the

• Crusades

• Protestant Reformation

• Golden Horde Khanate

• Great Schism

Multiple Choice

What church was found in the Byzantine Empire?

• Eastern Orthodox

• Roman Catholic

• Lutheran

• Methodist

Multiple Choice

The event that ultimately caused the great schism was …

• The Crusades

• Mutual Excommunication

• Constantine converting to Christianity

• Justinian I marrying Theodora

Multiple Choice

Which group conquered Constantinople?

• Persians

• Huns

• Ottoman Turks

• Carthage

Multiple Choice

The term that identifies the culture and linguistic group of Eastern Europe is called

• Slavic

• Byzantine

• Romanian

• Incan

Multiple Choice

According to the Primary Chronicle, the first documented manuscript on Russian history, the ________________ were asked by the Slavic people to rule over them.

• Byzantines

• Vikings

• Chinese

• Mongols

Multiple Choice

The Kievan Rus and Byzantine Empire both practiced what denomination of Christianity?

• Lutheranism

• Calvinism

• Roman Catholic

• Eastern Orthodox

Multiple Choice

The first Grand Prince of Kiev to be baptized a Christian, beginning the conversion of the slavs to Christianity was

• Ivan III

• Vladimir

• Oleg

• Alexander Nevsky

Multiple Choice

The Saints Cyril and Methodius are most notable for their contribution of

• ending the Great Schism between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy

• Igniting the crusades or holy wars against the Islamic world

• Defeating a large contingent of Teutonic knights as the battle on the ice at Lake Peipus, preserving Orthodoxy among the Kievan Rus

• Creating the Cyrillic alphabet, which is still used by Slavic speaking communities today

Multiple Choice

The word Byzantine is used to describe the

• The Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of Rome

• Slavic language group of Eastern Europe

• The Turkish speaking Islamic empire in Central Asia

• The linguistic group of Sub-Saharan Africa