Byzantine Empire Review

An empire includes many different cultures and flexible borders. Which of these is an example of an empire that we discussed in class?

• Puerto Rico

• The Kingdom of Hawaii

• Athens

• Colonial Great Britain

One of the reasons that Constantine chose the location of Constantinople is that it is located on a small piece of land between two large bodies of water. This was an advantage because it made the city...

• Hard to defend

• Easy to defend

• Invaded a lot

• Hard to get to

One of the reasons the location of Constantinople was chosen by Constantine because it was :

• Where ships were built

• A center for Trade

• Where his army was located

• It was far away from everything else

What two forms of Christianity emerged from the Byzantine Empire?

• Islam

• Judaism

• Eastern Orthodox Church

• Roman Catholic Church

What was Justinian's Code?

• A way for Romans to measure trade

• A code that brought peace between religions

• An organized system of Roman laws.

• A language used between emperors to exchange information quickly.

In 325, a council of church leaders met in Nicaea to adopt a statement of unified Christian beliefs called the

• Nicene Creed

• Papal Decree

• Christian Decree

• Final Agreement

The split that resulted in two distinct churches in the Byzantine Empire is known as:

• The Great Split

• The Nicene Concordat

• The Great Schism

• There was no split

A massive church built in the Byzantine Empire and is considered one of the most beautiful structures in the world is known as

• Nicene Church

• Hagia Sophia

• St. Peter's Basilica

• St. Mark's Church

In 1453, Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire fell to

• Germanic Tribes

• the Slavs

• the Muslim Turks

• the Roman Empire

The Byzantine empire preserved classical ideas from the Roman empire like education, literature, and art. They also had many new ideas and beliefs such as the two new churches (Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church), as well as new innovations in technologies in math and engineering. How were these ideas spread out of the Byzantine Empire?

• Merchants and traders took these ideas back to their hometown.

• These ideas were not spread outside of the Byzantine Empire and were lost when the empire was defeated.

• People in other countries read about them in books.

• Missionaries of the Eastern Orthodox Church shared these new ideas and beliefs throughout Slavic countries.