Byzantine and Mongol Empire

Who moved the capital of Rome to Byzantium and renamed it "New Rome" (later Constantinople)?

• Justinian
• Constantine 
• Charlemagne
• Leo III

In 1054, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church formally split. This is a:

• Liturgy
• Patriarch
• Icon
• Schism

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of what remained of what ancient empire? 

• The Ottoman Empire
• The Roman Empire
• The Holy Roman Empire
• The Mongolian Empire

Why was Constantinople a great site for a capital?

• The site was easy to defend as a peninsula. 
• It was a crossroads of east and west trade routes. 
• It was a walled city. 
• All of the above. 

What emperor had the law code re-written and organized?

• Charlemagne
• Justinian
• Theodora
• Constantine

Who was the famous lady that influenced her husband to increase some legal rights of women?

• Irene
• Theodora
• Joan of Arc 
• Eleanor of Aquitaine 

Why is Justinian's Code of laws so important today?

• It established all rules regarding. taxation.
• It established codes regarding the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• It established the basis for legal codes in Western World.
• It established what entertainment acts were at Hippodrome.

Byzantine Emperor Leo III established iconoclasm because:

• He wanted to have more paintings of Jesus in churches.
• He believed people needed pictures to help them pray.
• He thought people were worshipping pictures rather than God.
  
• He did not like the style of the religious paintings.

The Mongols came into power and revitalized which trading route

• Trans-Asian

• Indian Ocean

• Silk Roads

• Mongolian Route

Who was the first Khan of the Mongols

• Chinggis

• Kublai

• Timur

• Ogedei