Module 10 (Part 1)

An icon is a religious...

• doctrine

• image/symbol

• religious leader

What venue offered citizens of Constantinople free entertainment including chariot races & performance acts.

• Colosseum

• Hippodrome

• Olympia

Because the emperors headed the state & the church Byzantium could be described as a

• theocracy

• democracy

• monarchy

By practicing classical learning the Byzantines helped preserve

• Byzantine Culture

• Hellenistic Culture

• Greco-Roman Culture

The achievement for which Charlemagne is MOST remembered was

• building an empire larger than any since Rome.

• visiting every part of his kingdom to ensure justice.

• halting the expansion of the Muslim empire.

What was the Mongol Empire in Russia called?

• Chagatai Khanate

• Ilkhanate

• Khanate of the Golden Horde

What feature helped protect Constantinople from invasion by land?

• the Forum of the Ox

• the Wall of Theodosius

• the Sea Wall

Why did learning decline during the last years of the Roman Empire?

• Invaders burned most of the empire's collections of manuscripts.

• The cost of education rose sharply as the empire declined.

• Invaders could neither read nor write and did not understand Latin.

Which people came from the forest region north of the Black Sea & were a major influence on Russian culture?

• Slavs

• Mongols

• Greek Byzantines

What was the purpose of the Justinian Code?

• to create a plan for rebuilding churches in Byzantium

• to develop new values for education other than classical learning

• to update Roman laws to fit Byzantium’s increasingly complex society