Unit 1: Byzantines, Mongols, Islam, and Africa Review Quiz

Justinian's Code in the Byzantine Empire was most closely associated with the law codes of which earlier Empire?

• Persian

• Roman

• Zhou

• Mauryan

In order to show the connection of church and state, what did Justinian build in Constantinople?

• Hagia Sophia

• Pillars and Edicts

• The Taj Mahal

• Extravagant Mosques

Who was Justinian's main advisor that helped him pass laws and build churches?

• His rival,

  Ivan the Terrible

• Mongol Ruler, Genghis Khan

• His wife, Theodora

• His brother, Julius Caesar

What religion did the Russians adopt from the Byzantines

• Roman Catholicism

• Eastern Orthodoxy

• Islam

• Confucianism

How was Christianity impacted by the Great Schism of 1054?

• The religion was split into two branches of thought.

• It led to the fall of the Roman Empire.

• It forced Constantine to convert to Christianity.

• The Mongols adopted Christianity as their official religion.

What was the dominate religion of the Ottoman Turks?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

How did the Ottomans convert Constantinople to an Islamic city after the captured it and ended the Byzantine Empire?

• Let the Christian ruler continue ruling if he converted to Islam.

• Constructed monuments of Buddha in and around the city.

• Built temples dedicated to Allah.

• Changed the Hagia Sophia church to a mosque.

Why were the Mongols so unstoppable?

• They adapted to local customs and adopted new technology very well.

• They banned violence and inequality.

• The explored the Americas before anyone else.

• They conquered all of Europe.

Which of the following is responsible for showing Europe the riches of Asia through is writings?

• Zheng He

• Ibn Sina

• Marco Polo

• Ibn Battuta

How was Islam different than traditional religious practices of the Arabian Peninsula?

• He led a violent revolt at a very young age.

• Islam is monotheistic, the tribes were polytheistic.

• The tribes were monotheistic, Islam is polytheistic.

• He condemned the lower classes of the Arabian Peninsula.