Chap. 1 Test: Byzantine Empire/Spread of Christianity

When the Roman Empire was divided, the western section became known as the Byzantine Empire.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Pax Romana was a 200-year period of peace in the Roman Empire

• TRUE

• FALSE

Germanic Tribes, including the Visigoths and Vandals, attacked Rome and helped bring about the empire's downfall.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Christian missionaries became less important in the church after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Romans spread Latin languages throughout Europe and Africa as they gained political power in these areas.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Match the following

• inconoclasts

• helped spread Christianity to Ireland

• monasteries

• religious communities

• Jerome

• government officials who carried out Emperor Leo's orders to remove all icons from churches

• excommunicate

• with help from Paula, a nun, he translated the Christian Bible into Latin

• Patrick

• to declare that a person or group is no longer a member of the church

The Byzantine civilization had a culture that was mainly derived from

• the Greeks

• the Romans

• various Asian civilizations

• a blend of several cultures

The Justinian Code has been the basis for what in many countries?

• government organization

• legal systems

• religious order

• the system for taxation

The capital city of the Eastern Roman Empire was

• Adrianople

• Constantinople

• Rome

• Spartacus

What physical feature made Constantinople easy to defend?

• It was entirely surrounded by desert

• It sat on a plateau that overlooked the Northern European Plain

• It was located on a peninsula and was surrounded by water on three sides

• It was located on a mountaintop in the Alps