WorksheetsChapter 2 Byzantine Empire (a)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
On what geographical crossroads did the Byzantine Empire form?
Between ancient Greece and ancient Rome
Between Europe and Asia
Between North Africa and Mesopotamia
Between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic
On what body of water is Constantinople located?
The Red Sea
The Bosporus
The Atlantic
The Pacific
What sporting event was central to life in Constantinople?
chariot races
gladiator fights
javelin contests
Olympic games
For what achievement was Justinian's rule known?
ambitious construction projects
defeat of Arab-Muslim invaders
establishment of the Eastern Roman Empire
split with the Western Roman church
What did the Justinian Code do?
ended state religion
freed enslaved people
made Theodora co-emperor
organized the laws
What is the church split that occurred in 1054 called?
icon
creed
Eastern Orthodox Church
East-West Schism
What weakened the Byzantine Empire after Justinian died?
debts and the plague
Greek fire
invasion of the Turks
the Crusade
In what way did Greece influence the Byzantine Empire?
Greek architecture dominated the landscape.
Greek was the official language of the state.
The emperor had to prove his Greek lineage.
The system of law was modeled after Greek tradition.
How did the Roman Pope and the Byzantine Patriarch deal with theological differences?
They agreed to outlaw icons and heresy.
They clashed, and the Patriarch was excommunicated.
They held a council to adopt a new joint creed.
They raised armies to fight a holy war.
In what year did the Byzantine Empire fall under Turkish control?
565
634
1261
1453
What group finally brought the Byzantine Empire to an end?
the Persians
the Christian Europeans
the Turks
the Egyptians
Which of the following lands were conquered under Justinian's rule?
Cyrenaica and Egypt
Italy and Numidia
Macedonia and Anatolia
Syria and the Persian Empire
Which statement best describes the location of the empire's capital?
in the south of Italy
at the tip of northern Numidia
at the tip of northern Egypt
between the Black and Mediterranean seas.
which of the following lands did Justinian add to the Byzantine Empire?
Anatolia
Egypt
Italy
Syria
In what direction did Justinian largely expand the empire?
north
south
east
west
