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THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE 23-24

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who divided the Roman Empire and When?

a)

Justinian the Great in 231 AD

b)

Theodosius in 395 AD

c)

Clovis in 567 AD

2.

Who was this emperor?

a)

Alaric The Cruel

b)

Belisarius The Big

c)

Justinian The Great

3.

What was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

a)

Venecia

b)

Byzantium

c)

Bosphorus

4.

Byzantium was also known as

a)

Constantinia

b)

Constantinople

c)

Conti

5.

What is the name of this Byzantine province?

a)

Slavia

b)

Spania

c)

Sebastopol

6.

Where was Byzantium located?

a)

on the Messina Strait

b)

on the Gibraltar Strait, between the Iberian Peninsula and Africa

c)

on the Bosphorus Strait, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

7.

What's the name of an important Byzantine general?

a)

Bonifacius

b)

Belisarius

c)

Benitus

8.

This plan is called

a)

dome

b)

pendentive

c)

Greek cross

9.

The emperor was also called

a)

Basileus

b)

Basiliaco

c)

Basimero

10.

The emperor was

a)

the highest political and religious authority

b)

the governor of a province

c)

the highest political authority only

11.

This is a picture of

a)

Hagia Soria

b)

Hagia Sonia

c)

Hagia Sophia

12.

The governors of the provinces were called

a)

strategia

b)

stratos

c)

strategos

13.

The provinces were called

a)

themes

b)

thenes

c)

themas

14.

The Codex Justinianus was

a)

a legal code based on Roman law.

b)

a legal code based on Germanic law.

c)

a legal code based on Italian law.

15.

Economy was based on

a)

agriculture

b)

livestock farming

c)

agriculture and livestock farming

16.

Trade was very important because the Byzantine Empire was

a)

at the crossroads of trade routes between China and India

b)

at the crossroads of trade routes between Europe and America

c)

at the crossroads of trade routes between Europe and Asia and Europe and Africa.

17.

The Byzantine Empire developed a spectacular culture because of

a)

the combination of Greek, Roman and Chinese elements

b)

the combination of Greek, Roman and Eastern elements

c)

The combination of Greek and Russian elements

18.

What was the relation between the emperors and the Christian

religion?

a)

They were considered the protectors of eastern Christians

b)

They were considered the protectors of western Christians

c)

They were considered the protectors of Christians and Muslims

19.

The Iconoclastic War was caused because

a)

the Byzantine emperors prohibited agriculture

b)

the Byzantine emperors prohibited trade

c)

the Byzantine emperors prohibited the cult of religious images

20.

How was the Cyrilic alphabet created?

a)

it was the adaptation of the Latin alphabet to the Byzantine language

b)

it was the adaptation of the Greek alphabet to the Slavic languages

c)

It was the adaptation of the Greek alphabet to the Latin alphabet

21.

Why did the Great Schism happen? When?

a)

In 1054, differences in opinion between Pope Leo IX and the Patriarch Michael I, Bishop of Constantinople

b)

In 1104, differences in opinion between Pope Leo X and the Patriarch Michael I, Bishop of Constantinople

c)

In 1024, differences in opinion between Pope Leo IX and the Patriarch Michael II, Bishop of Constantinople

d)

In 1074, differences in opinion between Pope Leo I and the Patriarch Michael IV, Bishop of Constantinople

22.

After the Great Schism

a)

the Christian Church became known as the Orthodox Church

b)

the Western Christian Church became known as the Orthodox Church

c)

the Eastern Christian Church became known as the Orthodox Church

23.

The icons portrayed holy figures surrounded by a

a)

nomus

b)

nimbus

c)

nembas

24.

St sophia is covered by

a)

pendetives

b)

piers

c)

a central dome

25.

St Sophia was built in

a)

532 AD

b)

645 AD

c)

765 AD