Carter Byzantine Empire Review

Constantinople saw natural protection due to its location on a

• Mountain
• Island
• Fjord
• Peninsula 

The collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor

• The Constitution

• Holy Crusade 
• Crowning of Charlemagne 
• Justinian Code

Constantinople served as a center for what two cultures?

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

What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire? 

• Rome 
• Athens 
• Constantinople 
• Italy 

Why was Constantinople such a prosperous city?

• Trade hub for Europe, Asia, and Africa
• Great architecture 
• Autocratic rulers 
• The pope lives there

The largest cathedral built in Constantinople

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

The Byzantine Empire reached its greatest extent under:

• Justinian
• Constantine 
• Vladimir 
• Diocletian 

What does it mean to be kicked out of the church? (A Pope did this to a Byzantine Emperor)

• Dismissed

• Excommunicated

• Lazy

• Revoked

What was the Byzantine empire often called?

• Eastern Roman Empire
• Europa
• Persia
• World rulers

What did Emperor Diocletian do that was significant in his time as emperor?

• He divided the Roman Empire into two, Eastern Rome and Western Rome.

• He invented the toilet bowl

• Diocletian won more than 300 chariot races 

• Towards the end of his reign, he divided the Roman Empire into two, Northern Rome and Southern Rome