What do historians call the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of Rome?

• Eastern Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Babylonian Empire

• Constantine Empire

a narrow body of water that cuts through land, connecting two larger bodies of water

• strait

• bay

• river

• channel

trench filled with water as part of a fortification

• strait

• moat

• water wall

• bay

the capital city of the Byzantine Empire

• Byzantium

• Istanbul

• Constantinople

• Rome

What language did the Byzantine's speak?

• Latin

• Greek

• Hebrew

• English

Where did Constantine build his "new Rome?"

• along the Tiber River

• on the Bosporus Strait

• next to the Mediterranean Sea

• by the Black Sea

Who is the most well-known emperor of the Byzantine's?

• Claudius

• Hammurabi

• Justinian

• Kievan Rus

Who was Justinian's famous wife/queen?

• Cleopatra

• Elizabeth

• Hatshepsut

• Theodora

Which of these does NOT describe Theodora?

• from a lower-class family

• father was a bear trainer

• she was an actress

• she was a weak queen

Which is true of Justinian?

• rebuilt the empire and even recaptured Rome

• created/collected a law code

• rebuilt Hagia Sophia

• all of these are correct