Byzantine Quiz 2/24

On what type of land formation was Constantinople located on?

• Plateau

• Mountain

• Valley

• Peninsula

True or False: A Mosaic is a painting where the entire painting is done with one brush stroke

• True

• False

Which of the following BEST describes the city of Constantinople?

• Built by the Muslims, poor economy, quickly was abandoned for a new capital

• Easy to attack and defeat, along a missionary route, united under one culture

• Easy to defend, multicultural, along trade routes

• Large city, large army present, accepted no outsiders

What was the name of the code that unifed Byzantine and western Roman empire?

• Hammurabi's Code

• Justinian's Code

• Theodora's Code

• Byzantine's Code

Constantinople served as a center for what two cultures?

• Greece and Rome

• Persia and Rome

• Phoenicia and Rome

• Greece and Hebrew

Identify this Byzantine Church that was commissioned by Justinian.

• Hagia Sophia

• National Cathedral

• Notre Dame

• Taj Mahal

What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire? 

• Rome 

• Athens 

• Constantinople 

• Italy 

Justinian had a code of ________ made.

• rulers

• law

• conduct

• faith

What type of art is the picture?

• montage

• mural

• mosaic

• oil portrait

Justinian was able to reconquer lands once held by the Western Roman Empire?

• True

• False