Byzantine Questions

Which empire continued as the Byzantine Empire?

• Ottoman Empire
• Eastern Roman Empire
• British Empire
• Western Roman Empire

The Byzantine capital city was ___.

• Constantinople
• Rome
• Venice
• Cordoba

What was the religion of the Byzantine Empire?

• Roman Catholic Christianity
• Sunni Islam
• Theraveda Buddhism
• Eastern Orthodox Christianity

What major basilica built by Justinian was located in the Byzantine capital city?

• Hagia Sophia
• Notre Dame
• Westminster Abbey
• St. Peter's Basilica

What famous woman was elevated to the status of co-emperor to rule as an equal alongside her husband?

• Theodora
• Neferititi
• Elizabeth I
• Aggripina

The Byzantine Empire preserved the cultural heritage of what two places?

• Greece & Persia
• Rome & Persia
• Greece & Rome
• Russia & Rome

Justinian’s wife Theodora encouraged him to

• increase women’s rights.
• flee his empire when a massive riot erupted.
• expand his empire to include India and parts of China.
• ban all statues and icons of Jesus in his empire.

What was Justinian's original main goal?

• He wanted to restore the Old Roman Empire
• He wanted to restore Alexander the Great's Empire
• He wanted to spear Islam
• He wanted to clear Bosporus

Which statement is true about the city of Constantinople?

• It sat at the location of many trade system crossroads
• It was able to prosper despite having no harbors
• It cut all cultural ties with Rome
• It was a lawless state with few rules and lots of crime

Emperor Justinian revised the Roman laws which then became known as?

• Justinian's Code
• Hammurani's Code
• The Da Vinci Code
• Chaussard's Code