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Units 7-8 Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was NOT true about Constantinople?

a)

Protected by the eastern frontier

b)

Distant from the Black Sea

c)

Distant from Germanic invasions in the west

d)

Easily fortified on a peninsula with a natural harbor

2.

Why was Constantinople's location significant?

a)

It was at a crossroads of trade

b)

It was the capital of the Islamic Empire

c)

It was the Roman capital before Constantine moved it

d)

It became the third Rome after Moscow was conquered

3.

Who conquered Constantinople in 1453?

a)

Persians

b)

Mongols

c)

Ottoman Turks

d)

Franks

4.

Which is most likely to be a Byzantine piece of art?

a)

A mosaic of Emperor Justinian I

b)

A geometric mosaic in a mosque in Jerusalem

c)

A statue of Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne

d)

A statue of a polytheistic Mesopotamian god

5.

What were two main forms of Byzantine art?

a)

sculptures and calligraphy

b)

tapestries and castles

c)

mosaics and icons

d)

mosques and holy buildings

6.

What Byzantine domed church is seen in the picture?

a)

Dome of the Rock

b)

Parthenon

c)

Hagia Sofia

d)

Pantheon

7.

Where was Greco-Roman learning preserved?

a)

Byzantine libraries

b)

Byzantine universities

c)

Vatican City

d)

Germanic cities

8.

What language did they speak in the Byzantine Empire?

a)

Latin

b)

French

c)

Arabic

d)

Greek

9.

What religion was practiced in the Byzantine Empire?

a)

Roman Catholicism

b)

Greek Orthodoxy

c)

Islam

d)

Roman mythology

10.

Which religion was based in Rome and led by the Pope?

a)

Roman Catholicism

b)

Greek Orthodoxy

11.

Which religion was based in Constantinople and was led by the Patriarchs?

a)

Roman Catholicism

b)

Greek Orthodoxy

12.

Which religion was closer to the seat of power of the Byzantine Empire?

a)

Roman Catholicism

b)

Greek Orthodoxy

13.

Which was the Western Church?

a)

Roman Catholicism

b)

Greek Orthodoxy

14.

Which was the Eastern Church?

a)

Roman Catholicism

b)

Greek Orthodoxy

15.

What language does the Eastern Church use in their liturgy?

a)

Greek

b)

Latin

16.

What language does the Western Church use in their liturgy?

a)

Greek

b)

Latin

17.

True or False: Priests in the Western Church were allowed to get married

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Who spread Eastern Orthodoxy to the Slavs and Russia and created a new alphabet?

a)

Vladimir I

b)

Ivan the Great

c)

Justinian I

d)

Cyril

19.

Which was NOT one of Justinian's accomplishments?

a)

Spread Eastern Orthodoxy to the Slavs

b)

Reconquered former Roman territories

c)

recodified Roman laws into Justinian's Code

d)

Expanded trade

20.

Eastern Orthodoxy influenced this architecture, seen in which empire?

a)

Byzantine

b)

Russia

c)

Rome

d)

Islamic

21.

The pictured form of art was used in Christianity in the Byzantine Empire

a)

Tapestry

b)

Mosaic

c)

Fresco

d)

Icon

22.

The alphabet pictured was created when Orthodox Christianity spread to Russia

a)

Arabic

b)

Cyrillic

c)

Greek

d)

Phoenician

23.

What is true about this trade route?

a)

Helped spread Islam to Northern Europe

b)

Helped the Byzantine Empire influence Russia

c)

Helped the Pope spread Roman Catholicism to Northern Europe

d)

Spread the Cyrillic alphabet from Russia to the Byzantine Empire

24.

Who founded Islam?

a)

Ali

b)

Jesus of Nazareth

c)

Abraham

d)

Muhammad

25.

Which of the 5 Pillars is missing?

Faith, Prayer 5 times a day, Fasting during Ramadan, Alms to help the needy

a)

Pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca

b)

Pilgrimage to the holy city of Damascus

c)

None are missing

d)

Diaspora

26.

Which of the following is NOT a Judeo-Christian prophet seen in Islam?

a)

Abraham

b)

Moses

c)

Jesus

d)

Ali

27.

What type of religion is Islam?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

28.

What is Islam's holy book called?

a)

Torah

b)

Upanishads

c)

Koran

d)

Vedas

29.

What city served as the capital of the Islamic Empire until it was conquered by the Mongols in the 1200s?

a)

Damascus

b)

Baghdad

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Medina

30.

Islam first spread through trade routes from which two cities?

a)

Rome and Constantinople

b)

Rome and Tours

c)

Damascus and Baghdad

d)

Mecca and Medina

31.

Which was NOT a geographic barrier to the spread of Islam?

a)

Oceans

b)

Desert Environments

c)

Mountain barriers

d)

Great distances

32.

Why was political unity of the first Muslim Empire short-lived?

a)

Disagreement over who was a prophet

b)

Disagreement over who could be caliph

c)

Disagreement over the role of Muhammad

d)

Geographic barriers prevented the spread of Islam

33.

What language spread with Islam?

a)

Greek

b)

Cyrillic

c)

Arabic

d)

Latin

34.

What enabled Islam to spread?

a)

weak Byzantine and Persian Empires

b)

The fall of the Byzantine Empire in the 500s

c)

The end of the Western Roman Empire

d)

The building of the Great Wall

35.

Which branch of Islam believed the caliph should only be a descendant of Muhammad?

a)

Shi'a

b)

Sunni

36.

What empire is pictured?

a)

Byzantine Empire

b)

Holy Roman Empire

c)

Malian Empire

d)

Islamic Empire

37.

The Islamic Empire was defeated in 732 CE at which battle?

a)

Battle of Hastings

b)

Battle of Tours

c)

Battle of Damascus

d)

Battle of Actium

38.

What famous mosque is pictured?

a)

Hagia Sofia

b)

Al Aksa

c)

Dome of the Rock

d)

the Citadel

39.

Which was NOT a city conquered by the Islamic Empire?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Damascus

c)

Tours

d)

Baghdad

40.

Which was NOT a scientific achievement of the Islamic Empire?

a)

Arabic numerals

b)

Algebra

c)

Expansion of geographic knowledge

d)

Concept of a round earth