Byzantine Empire

Constantinople served as a center for what two cultures?

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

Which Emperor was responsible for organizing and simplifying old Roman law into a new code?

• Constantine
• Diocletian
• Justinian
• Xerxes

Which of these was not true of the Byzantine Empire under Justinian?

• Roman law was codified
• Byzantine trade expanded
• Roman territories were reconquered
• All barbarian tribes were expelled from Europe.

What was the dominant language of the Byzantine Empire?

• Latin
• Aramaic
• Greek
• Persian

What is Byzantine culture best known for?

• developing new ideas in science and philosophy
• spreading Chinese inventions to Europe and Africa
• preserving Greek and Roman culture
• adopting new types of mathematics invented in India

After the Schism, what language was used for Christian services in the Western Roman Empire?

• Latin
• Greek
• Persian
• German

What is the title of the head of the Catholic Church

• Tsar
• Emperor
• Patriarch
• Pope

What is the title of the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church?

• pope
• patriarch
• Czar
• Caesar

What form of writing was developed by Byzantine monks and adopted in Russia and eastern Europe?

• hieroglyphs
• cuneiform
• sanskrit
• cyrillic

What form of Christianity was adopted in Russia?

• Arianism
• Coptic
• Orhodox
• Catholic