Chapter 3 lesson 2

What was Justinian's most important contribution to the Eastern Roman Empire?

• The reuniting of the Roman Empire

• The making of a law code

• The defeat of Islamic forces in battle.

• Discovery of Spain

Mosaics are a type of art that uses what?

• small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials
• wood carvings
• tiny beads
• large pieces of colored glass

Who was Emperess Theodora?

• Sister of Cleopatra
• Wife of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I
• Queen of England
• Daughter of Julius Caesar

Emperor Justinian's legal reforms were called?

• Code of Hammurabi
• Napoleonic Code
• Magna Carta
• The Justinian Code

The city of Constantinople was surrounded by water on three sides. This type of land mass is called what?

• archipelago
• island
• isthmus
• peninsula

The Western Roman Empire later became known as the:

• Roman Republic
• Holy Roman Empire
• Eastern Roman Empire
• Byzantine Empire

In the Western Roman Empire, the Roman influence was replaced by what?

• Vikings
• Egyptians
• Greek influences

• Mayans

Who renamed the capital of the Western Roman Empire?

• Julius Caesar
• Emperor Augustus
• Emperor Constantine the Great
• Nero

Who convinced Emperor Justinian to stay in the city when rebellion broke out?

• The Emperor Constantine
• The Pope
• The Visigoth King
• The Empress Theodora

Justinian wanted to restore the Roman Empire...

• By establishing a new empire in Asia
• By forming alliances with neighboring kingdoms
• By focusing on cultural development rather than expansion
• By reconquering the lost territories in the Western Roman Empire