WorksheetsUnits 7-8 Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which was NOT true about Constantinople?
Protected by the eastern frontier
Distant from the Black Sea
Distant from Germanic invasions in the west
Easily fortified on a peninsula with a natural harbor
Why was Constantinople's location significant?
It was at a crossroads of trade
It was the capital of the Islamic Empire
It was the Roman capital before Constantine moved it
It became the third Rome after Moscow was conquered
Who conquered Constantinople in 1453?
Persians
Mongols
Ottoman Turks
Franks
Which is most likely to be a Byzantine piece of art?
A mosaic of Emperor Justinian I
A geometric mosaic in a mosque in Jerusalem
A statue of Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne
A statue of a polytheistic Mesopotamian god
What were two main forms of Byzantine art?
sculptures and calligraphy
tapestries and castles
mosaics and icons
mosques and holy buildings
What Byzantine domed church is seen in the picture?
Dome of the Rock
Parthenon
Hagia Sofia
Pantheon
Where was Greco-Roman learning preserved?
Byzantine libraries
Byzantine universities
Vatican City
Germanic cities
What language did they speak in the Byzantine Empire?
Latin
French
Arabic
Greek
What religion was practiced in the Byzantine Empire?
Roman Catholicism
Greek Orthodoxy
Islam
Roman mythology
Which religion was based in Rome and led by the Pope?
Roman Catholicism
Greek Orthodoxy
Which religion was based in Constantinople and was led by the Patriarchs?
Roman Catholicism
Greek Orthodoxy
Which religion was closer to the seat of power of the Byzantine Empire?
Roman Catholicism
Greek Orthodoxy
Which was the Western Church?
Roman Catholicism
Greek Orthodoxy
Which was the Eastern Church?
Roman Catholicism
Greek Orthodoxy
What language does the Eastern Church use in their liturgy?
Greek
Latin
What language does the Western Church use in their liturgy?
Greek
Latin
True or False: Priests in the Western Church were allowed to get married
True
False
Who spread Eastern Orthodoxy to the Slavs and Russia and created a new alphabet?
Vladimir I
Ivan the Great
Justinian I
Cyril
Which was NOT one of Justinian's accomplishments?
Spread Eastern Orthodoxy to the Slavs
Reconquered former Roman territories
recodified Roman laws into Justinian's Code
Expanded trade
Eastern Orthodoxy influenced this architecture, seen in which empire?
Byzantine
Russia
Rome
Islamic
The pictured form of art was used in Christianity in the Byzantine Empire
Tapestry
Mosaic
Fresco
Icon
The alphabet pictured was created when Orthodox Christianity spread to Russia
Arabic
Cyrillic
Greek
Phoenician
What is true about this trade route?
Helped spread Islam to Northern Europe
Helped the Byzantine Empire influence Russia
Helped the Pope spread Roman Catholicism to Northern Europe
Spread the Cyrillic alphabet from Russia to the Byzantine Empire
Who founded Islam?
Ali
Jesus of Nazareth
Abraham
Muhammad
Which of the 5 Pillars is missing?
Faith, Prayer 5 times a day, Fasting during Ramadan, Alms to help the needy
Pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca
Pilgrimage to the holy city of Damascus
None are missing
Diaspora
Which of the following is NOT a Judeo-Christian prophet seen in Islam?
Abraham
Moses
Jesus
Ali
What type of religion is Islam?
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
What is Islam's holy book called?
Torah
Upanishads
Koran
Vedas
What city served as the capital of the Islamic Empire until it was conquered by the Mongols in the 1200s?
Damascus
Baghdad
Jerusalem
Medina
Islam first spread through trade routes from which two cities?
Rome and Constantinople
Rome and Tours
Damascus and Baghdad
Mecca and Medina
Which was NOT a geographic barrier to the spread of Islam?
Oceans
Desert Environments
Mountain barriers
Great distances
Why was political unity of the first Muslim Empire short-lived?
Disagreement over who was a prophet
Disagreement over who could be caliph
Disagreement over the role of Muhammad
Geographic barriers prevented the spread of Islam
What language spread with Islam?
Greek
Cyrillic
Arabic
Latin
What enabled Islam to spread?
weak Byzantine and Persian Empires
The fall of the Byzantine Empire in the 500s
The end of the Western Roman Empire
The building of the Great Wall
Which branch of Islam believed the caliph should only be a descendant of Muhammad?
Shi'a
Sunni
What empire is pictured?
Byzantine Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Malian Empire
Islamic Empire
The Islamic Empire was defeated in 732 CE at which battle?
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Tours
Battle of Damascus
Battle of Actium
What famous mosque is pictured?
Hagia Sofia
Al Aksa
Dome of the Rock
the Citadel
Which was NOT a city conquered by the Islamic Empire?
Jerusalem
Damascus
Tours
Baghdad
Which was NOT a scientific achievement of the Islamic Empire?
Arabic numerals
Algebra
Expansion of geographic knowledge
Concept of a round earth
