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Byzantine & Islamic Empires

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which city was a good location for a new capital because it was away from the Germanic invasions in the West?
a)
Athens
b)
Rome
c)
Constantinople
d)
Babylon
2.
Which code was created during the Byzantine Empire that is used as the basis for Western law codes today?
a)
Hammurabi's Code
b)
Justinian Code
c)
12 Tables
d)
10 Commandments
3.
The center of the Eastern Orthodox Church was located in which city?
a)
Rome
b)
Athens
c)
Constantinople
d)
Catahoyuk
4.
Who is the head of the Western Catholic Church?
a)
Patriarch
b)
Pope
c)
Emperor
d)
King
5.
Which language was spread by Islamic traders?
a)
Greek
b)
Arabic
c)
Latin
d)
English
6.
Which text is considered the holy to the religion of Islam?
a)
Torah
b)
New Testment
c)
Qur'an
d)
Vedas
7.
Disagreement of the next successor after Muhammad died led to...
a)
No clear leader
b)
The end of Islam
c)
A division in Islam
d)
War
8.

Which two cities on the Arabian peninsula are holy to Muslims?

a)

Constantinople and Athens

b)

Cairo and Rome

c)

Mecca and Medina

d)

Baghdad and Jerusalem

9.

Who is the founder of Islam?

a)

Muhammad

b)

Jesus

c)

Gautama

10.

The Islamic region split into which of the following two sets.

a)

Sunni and Shia

b)

Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic

c)

Mahayana and Theravada

11.

Istanbul became the new Ottoman capital. It was known before as:

a)

Rome

b)

Athens

c)

Constantinople

d)

Jerusalem

12.

What church/mosque in the Byzantine Empire is its greatest architectural achievement?

a)

Hagia Sophia

b)

Notre Dame

c)

Palace of Muhammad

d)

The Parthenon

13.

Constantinople was a center of ______ between the East and West

a)

religion

b)

trade

c)

war

d)

government

14.

The religious and political successor to Muhammad is known as the

a)

patriarch

b)

caliph

c)

Quran

d)

pope

15.

True or False: The split in Islam is still present today.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

What is known as the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca?

a)

Hajj.

b)

Hijra.

c)

Qadis.

d)

Sharia.

17.

What special head tax did the Umayyad impose upon people who did not convert to Islam?

a)

Hajj

b)

Jizya

c)

Sakk

d)

Ulama

18.

What was the name of Constantinople before the emperor Constantine changed it?

a)

Byzantium

b)

Carthage

c)

Alexandria

d)

Rome

19.

Byzantine Emperor Justinian is best known for his -

a)

persecution of Christians

b)

declining administration

c)

contributions in literature

d)

codification of Roman law

20.

What did the church in the East become known as after the 1054 schism?

a)

The Eastern Church

b)

The Eastern Roman Catholic Church

c)

the Byzantine Church

d)

the Orthodox Church

21.

Which religion encourages followers to take a pilgrimage to this site?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Christianity

22.

Which best completes the title of this map?

a)

The Plague

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

The Crusades

23.

Where did the Abbasids move the Islamic capital to?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Baghdad

c)

Tours

d)

Damascus

24.

What two empires were weak and as a consequence could not resist the influence of the Muslim rule?

a)

Byzantine and Roman Empires

b)

Byzantine and Persian Empires

c)

Persian and Ottoman Empires

d)

Persian and Greek Empires

25.
Which two art forms are from the Byzantine Empire?
a)
arches and columns
b)
stained glass and carving
c)
paintings and sculpture
d)
mosaics and icons