Humanities: Heirs to Rome and Persia Final

The capital of the Byzantine Empire was _____.

• Mecca

• Rome

• Cordoba

• Constantinople

To help build the Byzantine Empire, Justinian I based his new code of laws on the old _____.

• Egyptian code of laws

• Persian code of laws

• Roman code of laws

• Christian code of laws

Empress Theodora improved the lives of Byzantine women by helping to make laws _____.

• giving all the top government jobs to women

• allowing parents to leave property to daughters as well as sons

• opening private schools for female children

• making women the leaders of the Christian church

What famous building was built during the time of Justinian?

• The Acropolis

• The Hagia Sophia

• The Eifel Tower

• The Parthenon

The significance of the Justinian Code was that it _____.

• provided the basis for European legal systems

• made many crimes punishable by death

• reinforced and reminded people that laws are what should rule people

• both a and c

One reason that the Christian church split into the Eastern Orthodox church and the Roman Catholic church is that _____.

• church leaders disagreed about where the church should have its headquarters

• church leaders disagreed about the use of icons

• church leaders disagreed about whether women should be priests

• church leaders disagreed about whether people should be taught to read

Which of the following is NOT something advocated by the Eastern Orthodox church?

• Allowing priests to be married.

• Rejecting the veneration of icons.

• The embrace of the Roman pope as the spiritual leader of the church.

• None of the above.

What was the major game venue in Constantinople?

• The Colosseum

• The Circus Maximus

• The Astrodome

• The Hippodrome

The Byzantine Empire was finally overrun by the Ottoman Turks in what year?

• A.D. 1215

• A.D. 1517

• A.D. 1453

• A.D. 1066

Mecca was an important city in Arabia because of _____.

• farming

• shipping

• trade

• mining