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WorksheetsByzantine and Islamic Empires
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Match the quote with the person: " I am going to organize the Roman Legal System and create my own law code"
Constantine
Justinian
Cyril
Ottoman Leader
Match the quote with the person: "From henceforth, this city will be known as Istanbul"
Constantine
Justinian
Cyril
Ottoman Leader
Match the person with the quote: "I will go to Russia to teach them Christianity. I can make them an alphabet to read the Bible in their own language"
Constatnine
Justinian
Cryril
Ottoman Leaders
Match the person with the quote: "I will start a new city here at Byzantium and make it the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire' (and named the city after himself)
Constantine
Justinian
Cyril
Ottoman Leader
The capital city of the Byzantine Empire was
Rome
Antiaoch
Damascus
Constantinople
Which continent listed below is not connected by trade routes to Constantinople?
Asia
Europ
North America
Africa
The Byzantine Empire controlled the most land under the reign of
The Pope
Constanine
Muhammad II
Justinian
This is a picture of the
Hagia Sophia
Hippondrome
St. Bail Cathedral
Parthenon
Who was responsible for building the Hagia Sophia?
Muhammad II
Justinian
Constantine
Yoroslav
St. Basil's Cathedral in Russia is connected with:
Greek Mythology
the Roman Catholic Church
the Greek Orthodox Church
Roman Mythology
This building has been influenced by
Roman Arches
Byzantine Domes
Greek Columns
Islam Minarets
Which religion was adopted by the Russians?
Islam
Judaism
Eastern Christianity
Western Christianity
This picture helped people who could not read learn the stories of the Bible. This picture is an example of a(n)
idol
mosaic
mural
icon
The fall of the Byzantine Empire was instigated by the invasion of Constantinople. The group that was responsible for the invasion were the
Russian Czars
Ottomans
Mongols
Egyptian Pharoes
The Russians still use which alphabet?
Greek
Latin
Phonenician
Cyrillic
Which empire below is responsible for preserving Ancient Greek and Roman culture?
Russian
Persians
Mongols
Byzantine
Justinian's military goal was to gain land back that was once
the Russian Empire
the Ottoman Turks
the Western Roman Empire
the Mongols
Which art form was used in the Byzantine culture?
Tapestsries
Sculpture
Mosaic
Music
Complete the following sentence: Justinian's new law code was adopted from ___, simplified, and then diffused to and influenced___
Greece, Russian
Rome, China
Greece, Spain
Rome Europe
In what way did the Byzantine Empire influence its spread to Russia and Eastern Europe?
Through trade routes between the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea
Through the Silk Road
Through conquests and wars
Through missionaries sent by Asoka
What language did people in the Byzantine Empire speak?
Russian
Latin
Italian
Greek
The Byzantine Empire helped to preserve ___ through ___
Greco-Roman culture, libraries
Roman culture, churches
Greek culture, libraries
Macedonian culture, language
This style of art is called
Mosaic
Calligraphy
Fresco
Cave Art
The Islamic Empire spread
only to the Middle East
through the entire continent of Africa
across Asia and Africa and into Spain
into Australia
The split between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims began with a disagreement over
the choice of Caliph
a belief in one God
acceptance of the Qur'an
the required pilgrimage to Mecca
This writing is
Hieroglyphics
Cunieform
Calligraphy
Sanskrit
According to the Five Pillars of Islam, every Muslim must
give charity to the poor
believe in many gods
obey official priests
read the Bible
Whereas Christians believe in the Bible and Jesus, Muslims believe in the ___ and ___
Torah, Moses
Mandate, Confucius
Qur'an, Muhammad
Umayyads, Saladin
Which characteristic best describes early followers of Islam?
Nomads following the Silk Road
Migrated from Central Asia
Lived on the Arabian Peninsula
Sea Commerce routes on the Mediterranean Sea
Which of the following unified the Muslim Empire?
the Arabic Language
the agreement over successors to Muhammad
keeping the capital at Mecca
the belief in many gods
This building is which structure in the Islamic faith?
The Dome of the Rock
The Taj Mahal in India
The Kaaba in Mecca
the University in Cordoba
The Dome of the Rock is located in
Mecca
Medina
Jerusalem
Baghdad
Who is the founder of Islam
Abraham
Muhammad
Jesus
Buddha
These were regions that were conquered and became part of the new Islamic Territory
Byzantine and Persian Empires
Mesopotamia and Israel
France and Britian
South America and Australia
The Muslim advancement into Europe was stopped here
The Battle of Tours
The Second Persian War
The Third Punic War
The Battle of the Bulge
This is the name of the journey of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina.
The Hijrah
The Journey
The Trading Route
The Longest Way
The Holy book of Islam is the
Qur'an
Torah
Bible
Vedas
Which two cities eventually became capitals of Islam?
Rome and Athens
Cordoba and Tours
Carthage and Cairo
Damascus and Baghdad
Early on, Islam spread along trade routes from
Rome and Constantinople
Jerusalem and Alexandria
Mecca and Medina
Damascus and Athens
This building is which structure in the Islamic faith?
The Dome of the Rock
The Taj Mahal in India
The Kaaba in Mecca
The University in Cordoba
According to the Five Pillars of Islam, every Muslim must
read the Bible
believe in many gods
make the hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
worship Abraham as a prophet
Which of these aided the spread of Islam?
assistance from Christian missionaries
desert climates and mountains
weak Byzantine and Persian empires
great distances
What was a unifying force in the Muslim world?
geographic isolation
Arab language and culture
political unity
race-based slavery
Many Greek and Roman classics were preserved by Muslim Scholars because they were translated at the universities into
Cyrillic
Arabic
Persian
Latin
What event ended the political unity of the Muslim Empire?
death of Jesus
death of Ali
First Crusade
Mongol invasion
Which of the following accomplishments is credited to the Muslims?
initial exploration of North and Central America
Mathematical concepts including Al Jabr or Algebra
Colonization of east Asia and Japan
first-time engineering feats including toad building and aqueducts
Muslims decorate their mosques with designs made up of carefully arranged pieces of colored glass, tile, or rock called
baroque
classical
mosaic
gothic
Where was the Battle of Tours?
Spain
France
Asia
Saudi Arabia
The political and religious leader of a Muslim government is called a
czar
king
emperor
caliph
The Arabic word for God is
Allah
Yaweh
Abu
Muslim
