WorksheetsByzantine Empire Summative Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why was the Byzantine location important to the growth of the Empire?
The Empire was isolated and able to develop in relative peace.
The Empire was located on popular trade routes between Africa, Asia, and Europe
The Empire was centered in Rome and was able to influence the Catholic Pope.
The Empire was located on an island and easily defended with its large navy.
What was the Byzantine Empire (AKA Easter Roman Empire)?
An empire that saw itself as a continuation of the Roman Empire and is often called the Eastern Roman Empire.
An empire in the eastern Mediterranean that was centered in Constantinople.
An empire that saw itself as a continuation of the Roman Empire and is often called the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Who was Constantine the Great?
The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire that standardized law and oversaw the territorial and cultural revival of the Empire.
The wife of the Emperor and skilled advisor.
The Roman emperor that moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium and is widely regarded as the first Byzantine emperor
A general who reconquered much of the old Roman territories.
What was Constantine’s relationship to Christianity?
He persecuted Christians because of the violence of the crusades.
He became a Pegan and abandoned his Christian faith, leading to the decline of Christianity.
He did not care about religion.
He converted to Christianity and ended the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire.
To what extent was the Byzantine Empire a continuation of the old Roman Empire?
They used Roman laws, government, and traditions
They were both primarily Pegan
They both spoke primarily Latin
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Justinian was
A monk and one of the fathers of Orthodoxy responsible for blending Latin, Greek, and Christian traditions together.
A general who reconquered much of the old Roman territories.
The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire that standardized law and oversaw the territorial and cultural revival of the Empire.
The wife of the Emperor and skilled advisor.
Who was Theodora and what was she known for?
A general who reconquered much of the old Roman territories.
The wife of the Emperor and skilled advisor.
A monk and one of the fathers of Orthodoxy responsible for blending Latin, Greek, and Christian traditions together.
The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire that standardized law and oversaw the territorial and cultural revival of the Empire.
Who was Belisarius and what did he accomplish?
The wife of the Emperor and skilled advisor.
A monk and one of the fathers of Orthodoxy responsible for blending Latin, Greek, and Christian traditions together.
The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire that standardized law and oversaw the territorial and cultural revival of the Empire.
A general who reconquered much of the old Roman territories.
Who was John of Damascus and what was he known for?
A monk and one of the fathers of Orthodoxy responsible for blending Latin, Greek, and Christian tradition together
The Emperor of the Byzantine Empire that standardized law and oversaw the territorial and cultural revival of the Empire.
The wife of the Emperor and skilled advisor.
A general who reconquered much of the old Roman territories
Who was Anna Comnena and what was she known for?
The first Christian Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
A princess and historian known for recording detailed information about the politics and empire of the Byzantines.
The wife of Justinian and a skilled advisor.
Spreading Christianity and Byzantine culture throughout the Slavic world and creating the Cyrillic alphabet, still used throughout eastern Europe today.
Who were Cyril and Methodius and what were they known for?
Creating histories and recording detailed information about the politics and empire of the Byzantines.
Being the wives of Justinian.
Spreading Christianity and Byzantine culture throughout the Slavic world and creating the Cyrillic alphabet
Converting the first Christian Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
What was Justinian's Code and why is the document important to us today?
It codified Byzantine Law, creating a more fair legal system.
It allowed chariot racing to continue.
It allowed secret and secure communication for the Byzantines.
It completely replaced the old Roman civic system.
In what way did the preservation of ancient Greek and Roman (Latin) learning and culture by the Byzantine Empire influence western civilization?
It slowly replaced western civilization as the dominant culture.
It preserved ancient legal systems, philosophy, science, and culture that would then go on to form many of the foundations of modern western civilization.
It didn’t.
It stopped the Byzantines from innovating and led to their technological and cultural decline, making way for western civilization to replace it.
What do the artistic and architectural achievements of the Byzantines show us about the Empire?
It was stagnant and mostly relied on the innovations by the earlier Greeks and Romans.
It was dominated by Islamic architecture and culture.
It was a comparatively large, advanced, and diverse empire that continued to evolve over time.
It reflected the struggles between the Naboo and the Gungans.
How did the Byzantine Empire impact Islamic civilization?
It destroyed the great Islamic empires
It kept the Islamic world divided and limited their power
It led to the formation of the Trade Federation which created a blockade around Naboo.
It preserved Greek and Roman knowledge that then spread into the Islamic world.
Why was the Byzantine Empire important to the development of Slavic peoples such as ethnic Russians?
It introduced the Cyrillic alphabet, spread Orthodox Christianity, and even influenced traditional architecture and the Slavic languages.
It led to the integration of Islamic culture.
It kept the Slavic tribes from uniting which led to the development of small, independent countries
It prevented Christianity from spreading into eastern Europe.
Differences in theology and tradition between Greek and Latin Churches eventually escalated to a series of events called the Great Schism. What was the result of these events?
It forced all Greek Churches to convert to Latin and follow the Pope as head of the church.
It led to a war between the Roman Catholic Church and the Byzantines that killed thousands of people.
It led to separation from the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope to the foundation of the Eastern Orthodox Church following the Patriarch.
It led to the mass conversion of Orthodox Christians to Islam
What was the primary cause of the decline of the Byzantine Empire?
The Christian Crusades caused massive devastation in Byzantine territory and strained relations between the Eastern Roman Empire and western Europe.
Constant fighting with outside groups and internal corruption and rivalries weakened the empire from within and without.
Justinian's Plague, an early type of the Black Plague, killed millions in a regional pandemic.
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Who was responsible for the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the end of the Byzantine Empire?
Mehmet the Conqueror
Suleiman the Magnificent
Tsar Ottoman I
Tutankhamun
How did the collapse of the Western Roman Empire impact the rest of Europe?
Trade and commerce broke down.
The population became less literate
Western Europe devolved into smaller kingdoms and more rural populations.
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