Unit 5/6 Byzantine Empire and Islam

Which development is most closely associated with the beginning of the Byzantine Empire?

• fall of Constantinople

• emergence of the Russian Orthodox Church

• division of the Roman Empire

• building of the Hagia Sophia

Which of the following describe the role of Constantinople. Select all that apply

• Center of trade

• Preserved classical Greco-Roman culture

• Center of the Roman Catholic Church

• Capital of the Byzantine Empire until 1453

The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I contributed the most to which of the following?

• astronomy

• law

• medicine

• navigation

The Code of Hammurabi and the Justinian Code of the Byzantines served functions similar to the -

• Twelve Tables of the Romans

• Ziggurats of the Sumerians

• Egyptian Hieroglyphs

• Buddhis Stupas

What was the primary language of the Byzantine Empire?

• Latin

• Greek

• German

• Russian

Identify this building that was the largest church in the world when first constructed.

• St. Basil's Cathedral

• Notre Dam

• Santa Maria del Flore

• Hagia Sophia

Orthodox Christianity became the state religion of which of the following?

• Mongol Empire

• Russia

• Western Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire's cultural and economic influence was because it controlled trade between which two bodies of water? (select the two)

• Baltic Sea

• North Sea

• Black Sea

• Sargasso Sea

The Byzantine Empire influenced the development of Russia by -

• establishing wheat as a staple food

• introducing Eastern Orthodox beliefs

• destroying the power of legislature

• preventing Mongol invasions

After the death of Muhammad, his direct successor took which title as leader of the Islamic community?

• caliph

• imam

• mullah

• sultan