Byzantine Empire Quiz

The ________________ is the head of the Eastern Christian Church.

• Patriarch
• Pope

________________ was the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

• Istanbul

• Jerusalem

• Constantinople

• Bethlehem

The Byzantine Empire was in Asia and in Europe.

• True

• False

Emperor ____________ established Constantinople in 330.

• Constantine
• Justinian I

• Urban III

• Alexios I

______________ was an autocrat ruler of the Byzantine Empire and the Church from 527-565.

• Constantine

• Urban III

• Justinian I

• Alexios

Theodora was Justinian I’s wife and chief advisor.

• True

• False

The most stunning piece of architecture in Constantinople was the church called ______________.

• Hagia Sophia
• Saint Stephen's Orthodox Church

• Church of Saint Anthony

• Venerable Patriarchal Church

Justinian's Code was Justinian I’s reformed laws.

• True

• False

The ____________ is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

• Pope
• Patriarch

The Eastern Christian Church broke away from the Roman Catholic Church.

• True

• False