Byzantine Empire

Which city is best described by this list?

• Distance from Germanic invasions
• Located near a crossroads of trade
• Possessed an easily fortified site on a peninsula bordered by natural harbors

• Carthage

• Constantinople

• Sparta

• Alexandria

What made Constantinople an easily fortified site?

• It was on a peninsula bordered by natural harbors

• It was an island surrounded by the Aegean Sea

• It was in a valley surrounded by mountains

• It was located on top of a mountain

Which city best completes the graphic organizer shown?

• Sparta

• Constantinople

• Rome

• Athens

One of the greatest contributions of the Justinian Code was that--

• it relied solely on Christian principles

• it included all the laws of Rome

• it improved the status of women

• it provided the framework for Western law today

The Byzantine Empire preserved the cultural heritage of which empires?

• Egypt and Mesopotamia

• Greece and Persia

• Greece and Rome

• China and Persia

Which ruler is best described by this list?

• Constantine

• Justinian

• Hannibal

• Mark Antony

One of Justinian's main achievements was--

• making Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire

• stopping the Islamic conquest of Western European territories

• reconquering territory that once belonged to the Roman Empire

• defeating an invading army of Ottoman Turks

The image is an example of what type of art from the Byzantine Empire?

• Pictogram

• Mosaic

• Ideogram

• Realistic painting

What religion was dominant in the Byzantine Empire?

• Orthodox Judaism

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Orthodox Christianity

Byzantine artists were inspired by imperial power and --

• Humanism

• Christianity

• Zoroastrianism

• Islam