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Byzantium & the Rise of Islam

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which religion is based on teachings of the Prophet Muhammad; founded 622 CE in Mecca.

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

2.

Which people traveled in caravans and moved from place to place with no permanent home?

a)

Souks

b)

Nomads

c)

Sedentary People

d)

Townspeople

3.

What book do Muslims consider the true word of God as told to Muhammad?

a)

The Bible

b)

The Qur'an

c)

The Torah

d)

The Sunnah

4.

Which one of these is not one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

a)

Praying 5 times a day

b)

Giving to the poor

c)

Fasting during Ramadan

d)

First Holy Communion

5.

What are two ways Islam is similar to Christianity and Judaism?

a)

They are not similar at all

b)

They all believe in one God and some of the same prophets

c)

They believe in 3 Gods

d)

They believe in dozens of Gods

6.

Why did Muhammad go to Medina?

a)

He liked Medina more than Mecca

b)

He wanted to travel for fun

c)

People in Mecca didn't like his teachings and threatened him

d)

For an unknown reason

7.
How was the Roman Empire divided by Diocletian?
a)
Greek speaking East and Latin speaking West
b)
Latin speaking East and Greek speaking West
c)
Greek speaking North and Latin speaking South
d)
Latin speaking North and Greek speaking South
8.
Who moved the the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantine?
a)
Diocletian
b)
Constantine
c)
Theodosius I
d)
Justinian
9.
What was the new name given to Byzantine after Constantine moved the capital?
a)
Constantinople
b)
Constantinian
c)
Byzantium
d)
Istanbul
10.
The Byzantine Empire reached its peak under the leadership of...
a)
Theodora
b)
Justinian
c)
Tribonian
d)
Henry IV
11.
Who invaded the Byzantine Empire that led to its collapse?
a)
Seljuk Turks
b)
Ottoman Turks
c)
Arabs
d)
None of the above
12.
Which of the following was NOT a result of the publication of Justinian's Code?
a)
Non-Christians were discriminated against
b)
The emperor became more powerful
c)
Women were officially given property rights
d)
Roman law became less unified
13.

Someone that goes to another country to spread the faith of a religion.

a)

missionary

b)

pagan

c)

pilgrim

d)

apostle

14.

What was the original religion worshiped in the Hagia Sophia?

a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Pagan

15.
Who was the leader of the church in the Byzantine empire?
a)
The pope
b)
The patriarch
c)
The emperor
d)
The people
16.
Byzantine Emperor Leo III established iconoclasm because:
a)
He wanted to have more paintings of Jesus in churches.
b)
He believed people needed pictures to help them pray.
c)
He thought people were worshipping pictures rather than God.
d)
He did not like the style of the religious paintings.
17.

One reason the Justinian Code was significant was that it

a)

became the foundation of the modern legal systems of many Western countries

b)

established the basis for the development of the Code of Hammurabi

c)

incorporated laws from all over Asia and Europe

d)

led to the protection of inalienable rights in Roman territories

18.
What is name for a religious image
a)
Mosaic
b)
Icon
c)
Calligraphy
d)
Photo
19.

The split of the Christian church into two churches was known as the:

a)

Crusades

b)

Renaissance

c)

Great Schism

d)

Eastern Split