Byz Emp, Russia, and the Mongols

How did the Byzantine Empire form?

• King Byzantine conquered other kingdoms

• The territory was part of the Eastern Roman Empire that split off.

• Byzantium was part of Russian expansion.

• Byzantium was part of the Islamic Empire.

The capital of the Byzantine Empire was ____ and it was built to resemble the city of _____.

• Moscow, Russia

• Kiev, Rome

• Constantinople, Rome

• Rome, Athens

Why was Constantinople so important?

• It had large amounts of natural resources.

• The surrounding land was fertile for farming.

• It was a place of religious importance.

• The city was a strategic location on the trade routes.

___________ ordered the construction of the Hagia Sophia. It was the largest _________ built at that time.

• Constantine, hippodrome

• Justinian, Christian church

• Constantine, Christian church

• Justinian, hippodrome

in 1054 A.D. the first split in the Christian church occured known as the Great Schism. Two new churches were formed, the Roman Catholic church and the ___________ church.

• Eastern Hebrew

• Eastern Gospel

• Eastern Orthodox

• Eastern Catholic

All of the following describe Justinian's Code of laws EXCEPT

• They were used to govern the Empire for 900 years.

• They served as a model for U.S. laws.

• They originated from Hammurabi's Code of laws.

• They ensured many rights for Byzantine women.

The Roman emperor who divided the empire to save what he could from the barbarians was ______.

• Julius Caesar

• Justinian

• Diocletian

• Constantine

Which of the following is considered the Byzantine Empire's greatest achievement?

• supporting the Catholic church

• defeating the Mongols at Constantinople

• preserving Roman and Greek culture

• conquering the barbarians

What caused the Nika Riots to happen?

• Justinian married the actress Theodora

• Justinian gambled on the Blue team to win the chariot races

• Justinian overtaxed the people to build the Byzantine Empire

• Justinian closed the Hagia Sophia church

Cyril and Methodius, two Byzantine missionaries, spread Christianity to the territory north of the Byzantine Empire eventually known as _______.

• Turkey

• Greece

• Russia

• Italy