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Topic 1: The Byzantine Empire Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the year that the Western Roman Empire ceased to have a Roman emperor?

a)

476 AD (CE)

b)

330 AD (CE)

c)

550 AD (CE)

d)

674 AD (CE)

2.

What is another name for the Byzantine Empire?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Russia

c)

Eastern Roman Empire

d)

Constantine's Empire

3.

Who was the Roman emperor who moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium?

a)

Constantine

b)

Justinian

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Genghis Khan

4.

Constantinople was a crossroads of (a)   , which helped expand the Byzantine Empire

5.

Constantinople was located far from (a)   invasions in the western empire.

6.

Which type of culture is the Byzantine Empire known for preserving?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Jewish

c)

Pagan

d)

Greco-Roman

7.

Byzantine emperor known for codifying laws, reconquering former Roman territories, and expanding trade.

(a)  

8.

Byzantine art and architecture was largely inspired by (a)   .

9.

What is another word for Religious images?

(a)  

10.

The Hagia Sophia's most distinctive architectural feature is its large (a)   .

11.

The Western Church was centered in (a)   .

12.

The Western Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, used (a)   as the language in the liturgy.

13.

The authority in the Roman Catholic (Western) church.

(a)  

14.

After the Great Schism in 1054, the Byzantine Empire practiced this religion.

(a)  

15.

Constantinople was located on the (a)   Sea.

16.

The Western Church is also known as _________

a)

Roman Catholic Church

b)

Eastern Orthodox Church

c)

The Latin Speaking Church

d)

The Greek Speaking Church

17.

The written laws of the Byzantine Empire that preserved Roman law and created a uniform legal system.

(a)  

18.

main street or "middle way" running through Constantinople.

a)

Main Street

b)

Midway

c)

Mese

d)

Menna

19.

Disease similar to bubonic plague, and hit in the later years of Justinian's reign

a)

COVID-19

b)

Spanish Flu

c)

Theodora's Plague

d)

Plague of Justinian

20.

The taking away of a person's right of membership in a Christian church

a)

Exile

b)

Excommunication

c)

Banishment

21.

These areas adopted Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Cyrillic St. Cyril adopted the Greek alphabet for the Slavic languages when he created this alphabet.

a)

Germanic Tribes

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Russia and Eastern Europe