Byzantine Civilization Quiz

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 North 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.

Which sentence best describes the empire in the excerpt?

“We see on all sides sorrows; We hear on all sides groans. Cities are destroyed, fortifications razed

[forts destroyed] to the ground, fields devastated [left in ruin], land reduced to solitude. No

husbandman [farmer] is left in the fields, few inhabitants remain in the cities. …What Rome herself,

once deemed [regarded as] the Mistress of the World, has now become, we see–wasted away

with…the loss of citizens, the assaults of enemies, the frequent fall of ruined buildings.”

––from Homiliarum in Ezechielem, by Pope Gregory I, 593 C.E.

• Its population was growing.

• Farmers left their land to work in the cities.

• The empire was in ruins.

• Roman troops destroyed the empire.

Who is considered one of the greatest Byzantine emperors?

• Augustus

• Justinian

• Diocletian

• Theodora

According to the map, which city visited by Zheng He’s fleet was the farthest south and west of his homeland of China?

• Quanzhou

• Chittagong

• Mombasa

• Mogadishu

According to the map, which city in India did Zheng He’s fleet visit?

• Bangkok

• Calicut

• Aden

• Hormuz

Tang leaders feared how Buddhism would affect China’s

• army.

• Confucian traditions.

• economy.

• trade missions.

Empress Wu increased the size of the government and

• began the Sui dynasty.

• made the military stronger.

• restored civil service examinations.

• widened the Grand Canal.