Decline of Rome and Byzantine Empire

Under which emperor did the Byzantine

Empire grow to its largest size?

• Constantine

• Alexius

• Justinian

• Irene

Which emperor divided the Roman into an east and a west?

• Constantine

• Diocletian

• Augustus

• Marcus Aurelius

What was one of the buildings erected under the rule of Justinian?

• Pantheon

• Hagia Sophia

• Parthenon

• Blue Mosque

How did Theodora help Justinian?

• She gave great speeches to

  encourage the people to follow him.

• She convinced the army to

  make him the new emperor.

• She convinced him to stay and fight

  when rioters attacked him.

• She taught him how

  to read and write.

What did Justinian believe was to blame for

the loss of so much of the Roman empire?

• Gunpowder

• Disease

• Negligence

• Debt

Which of the following represents

Justinian's greatest achievements?

• The conquest of Gaul

• Defeating the Sassanid empire

• The rebuilding of Rome

• Systematizing of the Roman legal code

Which of the following was NOT a result

of the publication of Justinian’s Code?

• The emperor became

  more powerful.

• Women were officially

  given some property rights.

• Christians gained more rights

• Roman law became

  less unified.

Which statement best explains the origin of the term Byzantine?

• The empire got this name because its politics were full of intrigue, or Byzantine.

• Historians needed a name for the surviving eastern Roman empire.

• Romans objected to calling the eastern empire “Roman.”

• The people of the eastern Roman empire called themselves Byzantines.

Which was the most important way Byzantine culture spread to eastern Europe?

• The Byzantines conquered much of eastern Europe.

• Arabs and Turks brought Byzantine culture to eastern Europe.

• Byzantine missionaries brought the culture of the empire to eastern Europe.

• Byzantine culture spread to eastern Europe mainly through trade.

Which of the following rivers formed the northern boundary of the Roman Empire?

• Tiber River

• Danube River

• Nile River

• Mediterranean sea