Ancient History Unit 6 Quiz

What happened to the Western Roman Empire in 476 A.D.?

• It flourished

• It fell

• It expanded

• It was renamed.

The Eastern section of the Roman Empire flourished for almost how many years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

• 500

• 1000

• 1500

• 2000

Byzantium was later renamed to what by Emperor Constantine in 330 A.D.?

• Rome

• Athens

• Constantinople

• Alexandria

The Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottoman Turks in which year?

• 1453

• 476

• 330

• 1054

Justinian's Code is known for being what?

• A military strategy

• A set of laws

• A religious text

• A historical novel

Hagia Sophia was originally what type of building?

• Mosque

• Church

• Palace

• Library

The first great schism in the Catholic Church resulted in which sect of Christianity?

• Protestantism

• Eastern Orthodoxy

• Roman Catholicism

• Anglicanism

Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine arose in a region of Eastern Europe west of which mountains?

• Alps

• Ural

• Andes

• Himalayas

The Varangians were a group of what?

• Farmers

• Traders

• Vikings

• Scholars

The mixing of cultures between the Slavs and the Varangians resulted in a new people known as the ______.

• Rus

• Byzantines

• Romans

• Greeks