Byzantine Quiz

What geographic advantage did Constantinople have?

• It was impossible to attack from the water because it was not located on water.

• It had an abundant supply of farmland and food in its immediate vicinity.

• It was located at a crossroads of Europe and Asia and was strategically located for extensive trade.

• Its high altitude prevented most diseases from affecting the population.

Constantinople served as a center for what two cultures?

• Greece and Rome

• Persia and Rome

• Phoenicia and Rome

• Greece and Hebrew

Which Byzantine Emperor was responsible for organizing and simplifying old Roman law into a new code?

• Constantine

• Diocletian

• Justinian

• Augustus

Justinian strengthened the Byzantine Empire by -

• controlling the election of the Pope in Rome.

• moving the capital of the empire to Jerusalem.

• defeating the armies of the First Caliphate at Damascus.

• expanding trade and reconquering parts of the Roman Empire.

Legal codes in Europe were based on the codification of –

• the Ten Commandments.

• Roman laws.

• Papal bulls.

• the writings of Jesus.

What was the dominant language of the Byzantine Empire?

• Latin

• Aramaic

• Greek

• Persian

What is Byzantine culture best known for?

• developing new ideas in science and philosophy.

• spreading Chinese inventions to Europe and Africa.

• preserving Greek and Roman culture.

• adopting new types of mathematics invented in India.

The structure above is the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. What was its purpose?

• It was Justinian’s palace.

• It was a Christian Church.

• It was an indoor marketplace.

• It was a temple to the Roman Gods.

Byzantine culture worked to -

• adapt barbarian ideas and religions for use within the empire.

• preserve Greek and Roman knowledge and traditions.

• create new ideas and traditions not based in the past.

• remove Greek influences from all aspects of life.

What caused the Schism, the split that divided the Christian religion into the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches?

• a dispute over the authority of the Pope and icons

• the role of women in the Church

• the influence of priests

• the use of private homes as churches