SOL Review #7: Byzantine Empire + Post-Classical Western Europe

Which half of the Roman Empire develops into the Byzantine Empire?

• Eastern

• Western

What is the capital city of the Byzantine Empire?

• Rome

• Constantinople

• Kiev

• Athens

Which is NOT a reason the location of Constantinople was ideal for a capital city?

• Far away from the invasions in Western Europe

• At a crossroads of trade in between Asia and Europe

• On a peninsula that could be easily fortified and protected

• In the middle of the Indian Ocean trade network

The Byzantine Empire (and the Islamic caliphates) created ___ to preserve Greco-Roman texts.

• Museums

• Parliaments

• Libraries

• Democracies

Who eventually conquered the Byzantine Empire?

• The Mongols

• The Ottoman Turks

• The Crusaders from Western Europe

• Kievan Rus

Which of the following individuals was a Byzantine emperor?

• Constantine

• Augustus Caesar

• Justinian

• Vladimir I

Which is NOT true of Justinian?

• Reconquered old Roman Empire territory, bringing it under Byzantine rule

• Rebuilt Constantinople and the Hagia Sophia

• Won the Crusades against the Seljuk Turks' forces

• Reformed (codified) the Byzantine legal code by writing the Justinian Code

What religion became dominant in the Byzantine Empire?

• Eastern Orthodoxy/

  Orthodox Christianity

• Roman Catholicism

• Judaism

• Islam

___, or religious images, caused a controversy within the Christian Church, helping to lead towards the Great Schism.

• Mosaics

• Icons

• Portraits

• Sculptures

What was the most common art form in the Byzantine Empire as well as in the cities of Kievan Rus in Eastern Europe?

• Roman-style sculptures

• Nature landscapes w/ accompanying poems

• Secular sketches in black and white

• Religious-themed mosaics