Byzantine Empire Quiz

What is the definition of legal?

• how something smells

• the absence of wisdom

• of or relating to the law

• beautiful and ambitious woman

What is the definition of saints?

What year was the height of Byzantine Empire?

• 717 C.E.

• 500 B.C.E.

• 400 B.C.E.

• 500 C.E.

Why was Constantinople a good location for a capital?

What did Empress Theodora do for the women of the Byzantine Empire?

• Help Justinian restore order

• Telling Justinian to stay and fight the rebels

• Ask Emperor Justinian to make it legal for widowed women to own land

• Choosing government officials

What is Emperor Justinian best known for?

Who did Justinian's Code help in the Byzantine Empire?

What does the Hagia Sophia mostly display?

• mosaics, mostly of saints

• statues of Greek Gods

• paintings of Emperor Justinian

• a library