WHI 7a-e The Byzantine Empire

1 All were advantages of Constantinople’s location except –

• it was an easily fortified site on a peninsula

• had natural harbors allowing for trade

• provided protection of the eastern frontier

• close to the west making Germanic invasions a threat

Which is true of the role of Constantinople?

• The city was too isolated making trade impossible

• The city was founded and permanently controlled by the Ottomans

• Was a link to the past preserving Greek and Roman culture

• Was considered the capital of the Western Roman Empire

What was the long-term result of Justinian’s Code (Codification of Roman Law)?

• Roman judges protested changes

• Made laws more long and confusing

• Impacted European legal codes

• Scholars failed to organize laws

Byzantine artists were known for their holy images of Jesus and saints called -

• paper cutting

• icons

• origami

• calligraphy

What type of Byzantine art shown would often be made for public and religious buildings using glass or stone tiles?

• printmaking

• sculpture

• mosaic

• painting

While people in the Western Roman Empire spoke Latin, people in the Byzantine Empire spoke –

• Russian

• Greek

• Old English

• Sumerian

Which Byzantine domed church is shown?

• Parthenon

• Mount Olympus

• Hagia Sophia

• Dome of the Rock

The Western Church became centered in which city?

• Jerusalem

• Constantinople

• Alexandria

• Rome

Who became accepted as the highest church official by Byzantine Christians?

• the Patriarch

• the Pope

• Consuls

• the King

All are ways the Byzantine culture influenced Eastern Europe and Russia except –

• ideas spread through trade routes of the Black and Baltic Seas

• adoption of the Greek alphabet for the Slavic languages

• aspects such as religious art and architecture were adopted

• adoption of the Roman Catholic Church