Byzantine Empire Test

What is Byzantine culture best known for?

• Spreading Chinese ideas and inventions to Europe and Africa

• Adopting new mathematical skills invented in India

• Preserving Roman and Greek culture

• Creating new ideas in Math, Science, and Philosophy

Why was Constantinople chosen as capitol of the Byzantine Empire?

• It was a holy city for Muslims.

• It was isolated from surrounding empires.

• The Pope made it the center of the Christian world.

• Its location at the crossroads of Europe and Asia made it a trade center.

What building is considered the greatest Byzantine cathedral?

• Blue Mosque

• Hagia Sophia

• Taj Mahal

• Notre Dame

What was one goal of Justinian for the Byzantine Empire?

• Destroy the Vatican and build a palace in its place.

• Reunite the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church

• Rewrite ancient Roman laws to suit modern needs

• Restore the Roman Empire and govern it as a whole

Justinian

• 
  Byzantine emperor; reconquered parts of Western Roman Empire; building projects like Hagia Sophia; established a new legal code

• Justinian's wife; encouraged laws to protect women

• Capital city of the Byzantine empire; located between the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea

• Christian followers in the Byzantine Empire; split from Roman Catholic Church

The Byzantine Empire created lots of different temples, what is the most famous Church which is now a Mosque?

• The Vatican

• Notre Dame

• Hagia Sophia

• Church of Christ

Theodora

• 
  Byzantine emperor; reconquered parts of Western Roman Empire; building projects like Hagia Sophia; established a new legal code

• Justinian's wife; encouraged laws to protect women

• Capital city of the Byzantine empire; located between the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea

• Christian followers in the Byzantine Empire; split from Roman Catholic Church

Who moved the capital city from Rome to the ancient city of Byzantium?

• Justinian

• Procopius

• Justin

• Constantine

The Byzantine Empire preserved the culture of which two civilizations?

• Greeks and Romans

• Indians and Persians

• Egyptian and Persians

• Arabs and Romans

One economic advantage of naming Constantinople as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was that it __________

• was surrounded by protective walls.

• was a center of religious power.

• had shrunk in size.

• was located near trade routes between Europe and Asia.