Byzantine Empire Review

Constantinople was a strategic location for the capital of the Byzantine Empire because it was a crossroads of trade.

• True
• False

Justinian’s wife Theodora encouraged him to

• increase women’s rights.
• flee his empire when a massive riot erupted.
• expand his empire to include India and parts of China.
• ban all statues and icons of Jesus in his empire.

What language was used in the Eastern Orthodox Church?

• Latin
• Greek
• English
• Arabic

What was the Great Schism in 1054 CE? 

• The Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople
• Theodosius split the empire into two parts
• The Christian Church split into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches
• The center of the Church was moved to Moscow

_______________ : Rome falls : : ______________ Constantinople falls

• 476 : 1054
• 1453 : 476
• 476 : 1453
• 1054 : 1453

How did Justinian expand the Byzantine Empire?

• Reconquered former Roman territories
• Became allied with the Persians
• Bought land from the Germanic tribes
• Campaigned across the Arabian Peninsula

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

• Justinian
• Constantine 
• Charlemagne
• Leo III

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half that remained of what ancient empire? 

• The Ottoman Empire
• The Roman Empire
• The Holy Roman Empire
• The Mongolian Empire

What emperor had the law code re-written and organized?

• Charlemagne
• Justinian
• Theodora
• Constantine

One type of art used in the Byzantine Empire was called ______where they used pieces of glass to make pictures.

• mosaics

• frescoes

• watercolors