Byzantine Empire

The city of _____________ was the capital of the Eastern Byzantine Empire.

• Alexandria

• Rome

• Istanbul

• Constantinople

Justinain was known for building the __________.

• Ankor Wat

• Hagia Sophia

• Colosseum

• Parthenon

Justinian was able to reconquer lands once held by the Western Roman Empire?

• True

• False

Roman Emperor _______________ made Christianity the main religion of the Roman Empire.

• Diocletian

• Galerius

• Constantine

• Augustus

What type of art is the picture?

• montage

• mural

• mosaic

• oil portrait

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

Constantinople served as a center for what two cultures?

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

What church was found in the Byzantine Empire?

• Eastern Orthodox

• Roman Catholic

• Lutheran

• Methodist

One economic advantage of naming Constantinople as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was that it __________

• was surrounded by protective walls.

• was a center of religious power.

• had shrunk in size.

• was located near trade routes between Europe and Asia.

Why was Constantinople a great site for a capital?

• The site was easy to defend as a peninsula. 
• It was a crossroads of east and west trade routes. 
• It was a walled city. 
• All of the above.