Lesson 7 Review

What made Constantinople easy to defend?

• It was situated on top of a very high mountain.
• It was surrounded on three sides by water.
• It was located in a remote location far from enemies.
• It was encircled by a wide moat filled with alligators.

How did Constantinople become such a wealthy city?

• Its navy was well known for stealing gold and silver from foreign ships.
• It was located at the site of the world’s richest gold deposits.
• It imposed heavy taxes on the lands that it conquered so that the city could prosper.
• It was a center of trade since many trade routes crossed through the city.

What is one example of how life in Constantinople was more comfortable than in Western Europe?

• Constantinople was so prosperous that poverty had been entirely eliminated.
• Constantinople provided food to all of its citizens, whether they worked or not.
• Constantinople had a sewer system, which cities in Europe did not have.
• Constantinople was such a thriving city that no people were ever unemployed.

The Blues and the Greens were ... (Choose all correct answers)

• rival chariot teams.

• opposing groups who fought one another.
• two groups that united in a rebellion.
• gladiatorial schools.

What did Justinian do when Constantinople erupted into a full-scale rebellion?

• He feared for his life and fled the city.
• He stayed and put down the revolt.
• He asked the emperor in Rome for help.
• He had all of the rebels executed.

When Justinian rebuilt Constantinople after the rebellion, he built many grand churches including

• Notre Dame Cathedral.
• the Duomo.
• Hagia Sophia.
• the Pantheon.

Justinian’s Code was

• a system of disguising messages so that he and his military leaders could communicate in secret.
• a historical account of Justinian’s rule, which claimed he was treacherous and bloodthirsty.
• a rebellion that broke out in 532 after chariot teams accused Justinian of arresting their members.
• a systematic body of laws that became the basis for many legal codes in the western world.

What can we infer from the fact that Procopius wrote the Secret History, in addition to his glowing accounts of Justinian’s achievements?

• Procopius was loyal to Justinian his entire life.
• Procopius liked to entertain Justinian with his comedic writings.
• Procopius had opinions about Justinian that would have made the emperor furious if he knew.
• Procopius was not a very good historian, because he could not make up his mind about the truth.

Over time, the Church in the Byzantine Empire separated from the Church in Rome and became known as the

• Eastern Roman Church.
• Eastern Orthodox Church.
• Byzantine Church.
• Constantine Orthodox Church.

The Byzantines viewed the emperor as

• the living representative of God and Jesus Christ.
• the head of their government and nothing more.
• God in human form.
• the direct descendant of Jesus Christ.