Unit 25 Byzantine Empire

The Roman Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the empire to a city called _______.

• Constantinople

• Cancun

• Rome

The eastern part of the Roman Empire became known as the ____ ______.

• Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire.

• Nika Empire

Justinian was known as "Justinian the Great" and the "Emperor Who Never Sleeps."

• True
• False

Emperor Justinian's wife was named Empress ________.

• Constance

• Nika

• Theodora

______ ______ grew up in a circus-performing family

• Empress Nika

• Empress Constance

• Empress Theodora

Justinian built a beautiful church called the Colosseum.

• True
• False

Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora faced the ______ ______, when many Byzantian people rose up against them.

• NIka Riots

• Peloponnesian Wars

• Pax Romana

Justinian stopped trusting his general, ______, who won many battles in the west.

• Caesar

• Belisarius

• Marcus Arillus

The Byzantine people enjoyed watching chariot races for entertainment.

• True
• False

After the Nika Riots, Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora built beautiful _____ and _____.

• buildings

• steets

• pyramids