Byzantine Review

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

• Justinian
• Constantine 
• Charlemagne
• Leo III

Who was the leader of the church in the Byzantine empire?

• The pope
• The patriarch
• The emperor
• The people

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

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

Why was Constantinople a great site for a capital?

• The site was easy to defend as a peninsula. 
• It was a crossroads of east and west trade routes. 
• It was a walled city. 
• All of the above. 

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

• Charlemagne
• Justinian
• Theodora
• Constantine

Who was the famous lady that influenced her husband to increase some legal rights of women?

• Irene
• Theodora
• Joan of Arc 
• Eleanor of Aquitaine 

Why is Justinian's Code of laws so important today?

• It established all rules regarding. taxation.
• It established codes regarding the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• It established the basis for legal codes in Western World.
• It established what entertainment acts were at Hippodrome.

Who conquered the Byzantines in 1453?

• The Franks
• The Ottoman Turks
• The Holy Roman Empire
• The Mongols

How were the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church similar?

• They each agreed on the Holy Trinity

• Both were allowed to pray to icons

• Both based beliefs on the Bible and Jesus

• They each spoke the same language

a law code published by Justinian

• Isolation

• Criminal Law

• Law

• Justinian's Code