WHI.8 Byzantine Empire

Whose codification of Roman law has strongly influenced European laws of today?

• Marcus Aurelius

• Constantine

• Justinian

• Augustus Caesar

One of the main accomplishments of Justinian was...

• Making Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire

• Reconquering territory that had once belonged to the Roman Empire

• Stopping the Islamic conquest of Western European territories

• Defeating an invading army of Ottoman Turks

Which cultures were preserved in the Byzantine libraries

• Armenian and Syrian

• Egyptian and Spanish

• Greek and Roman

• Germanic and Frankish

Which art form is most associated with the Byzantine culture?

• Tapestries

• Mosaics

• Sculpture

• Music

What purpose did this structure serve during the Byzantine Empire?

• It was a church for Orthodox Christianity

• It was a mosque for Byzantine Muslims

• It was a home for the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire

• It served as a court for the government of the empire

Who was the head of the Byzantine Church?

• The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire

• The Pope of Rome

• The Emperor of Rome

• The Patriarch of Constantinople

The Cyrillic Alphabet is the written language of:

• Russia

• India

• Rome

• Greece

In 1054, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church formally split. This is a:

• Liturgy
• Patriarch
• Icon
• Schism

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. 

What was one of the greatest public works projects during the Byzantine Empire?

• The Scriptorium 
• The Colosseum 
• The Pantheon
• The Hagia Sophia