Ch. 1, Lesson 2: The Byzantine Empire

The city on the eastern edge of Europe, which Constantine made the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 C.E. was called

• Rome
• London
• Istanbul
• Constantinople

Of all the people who made up the population of the Byzantine Empire, the ____ made up the largest part.

• Egyptians

• Greeks

• Syrians

• Visigoths

Constantinople became wealthy primarily because of its ______.

• excellent location

• large population

• fishing industry

• gold deposits

Byzantine emperors began to speak Latin instead of Greek.

• True

• False

The Byzantines preserved and passed on ____.

• Greek culture and Roman law

• the Latin language

• Christianity to Persia

• Germanic culture

The interior of Hagia Sophia was decorated with ____ of Christian saints and Byzantine emperors.

• tombs

• stained glass

• statues

• mosaics

Many historians view Justinian as the greatest Byzantine emperor.

• True

• False

Theodora urged her husband Justinian to allow women to _____.

• serve in the army

• sell their children

• choose government officials

• own land

What was the Justinian Code?

• a set of laws just for women

• a more organized system of laws

• a combination of Greek and Roman laws

• an old system of unfair laws

Hagia Sophia became the _____ of the Byzantine Empire.

• tallest building

• cultural center

• loveliest palace

• religious center