The Byzantine Empire

For entertainment, MOST of the people of Constantinople:

• Went to the Hippodrome
• Bought expensive things
• Went swimming
• Watched movies

Who moved the capital of Rome to Byzantium and renamed it "New Rome" (later Constantinople)?

• Justinian
• Constantine 
• Charlemagne
• Leo III

After the riots of 532, what emperor was responsible for the rebuilding of Constantinople?

• Leo III
• Charlemagne
• Constantine
• Justinian

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 emperor had the law code re-written and organized?

• Charlemagne
• Justinian
• Theodora
• Constantine

Who was the famous lady that influenced her husband to increase some legal rights of women?

• Irene
• Theodora
• Joan of Arc 
• Eleanor of Aquitaine 

Why is Justinian's Code of laws so important today?

• It established all rules regarding. taxation.
• It established codes regarding the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• It established the basis for legal codes in Western World.
• It established what entertainment acts were at Hippodrome.

What does "Hagia Sophia" mean?

• Holy Wisdom

• High Sights

• Home in the West

• Home in the east

Cast out from the church

• uncommunicate

• decommunicate

• excommunicate

• Include