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Ancient History Chapter 11.1 Byzantine Empire

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Justinian Code?

a)

The Code

b)

The Digest

c)

The Institutes

d)

The Rhetoric

2.

For how long did the Justinian Code serve the Byzantine Empire?

a)

about 150 years

b)

about 900 years

c)

about 43 years

d)

about 2000 years

3.

Byzantine students focused on Greek and Latin grammar and philosophy.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople was also called...

a)

St. Basil's Cathedral.

b)

Hagia Sophia.

c)

St. Peter's Cathedral

d)

Sapientia Ductine

5.

A hippodrome is a/an...

a)

arena designed for horse/chariot races

b)

stadium containing a cycle-racing track.

c)

large theater.

d)

river horse.

6.

What title is given to the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church of Christianity?

a)

patriarch

b)

bishop

c)

pope

d)

rabbi

7.

What do we call religious images used in practices by the Eastern Christians to help their worship?

a)

figurines

b)

idols

c)

icons

d)

classical texts

8.

The Nika Rebellion was begun by...

a)

the Nika tribe from Anatolia.

b)

Huns attacking from the north.

c)

unruly slaves.

d)

two of the Hippodrome fan groups.

9.

What caused about 10,000 people per day to die during the 6th century?

a)

a food-borne illnesses that spread from Greece

b)

an influenza epidemic

c)

the Justinian Plague

d)

the conquest of the Huns

10.

What is the significance of the year 1453?

a)

the fall of the Byzantine Empire

b)

the beginning of the Justinian Code

c)

the worst year of the Justinian Plague

d)

Christianity officially split

11.

The Byzantine Empire under Emperor Heraclius was split into themes which are best described as...

a)

military districts.

b)

tax provinces.

c)

transportation routes.

d)

educational states.

12.

What part did the Ottoman Turks play in the history of the Byzantine Empire?

a)

they caused the eventual fall of the Empire

b)

they infiltrated and assisted in splitting the church

c)

they conquered trade routes and destroyed the economy

d)

they were the Empires closest trading partners

13.

Which of the following is a saint NOT associated with the Eastern Orthodox Church?

a)

Saint Basil

b)

Saint Methodius

c)

Saint Cyril

d)

Saint Paul

14.

What happened in the year 1054?

a)

The Great Schism

b)

The Justinian Plague

c)

The Fall of the Byzantine Empire

d)

The development of the Cyrillic alphabet

15.

Saint Methodius and Saint Cyril were the...

a)

most successful Eastern Orthodox missionaries who took Christianity to Russia.

b)

the architects of the Hagia Sophia.

c)

the missionaries who delivered the excommunication documents to the Pope.

d)

the first Russian Orthodox monks.

16.

The Cyrillic alphabet is used for...

a)

many Balkan languages, including Greek.

b)

many Slavic languages, including Russian.

c)

many Baltic languages, including Latvian.

d)

many Romance languages, including Italian.

17.

Priests in the Eastern Orthodox Church may get married.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The emperor claims authority over both the Roman and Orthodox church.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church is...

a)

the pope.

b)

the patriarch.

c)

a bishop.

d)

a cardinal.

20.

The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and later of the Byzantine Empire was...

a)

Constantinople.

b)

Rome.

c)

Alexandria.

d)

Thermopylae.