Byzantine Empire and Russia
from 300 to 1000 A.D. (C.E.)
WHI SOL Quiz #6
Diocletian believed that the empire had
grown too large and too complex for one
ruler. In his most significant reform, he did
this
a) He moved the capitol to Byzantium
b) He secured a long lasting peace with German
Tribes
c) He divided the empire in half
d) He divided the government into 20 provinces and
put a satrap in charge of each province.
This officially ended the persecution of
Christians in the Roman Empire?
a) Great Schism
b) Edict of Nantes
c) Edict of Milan
d) Council of Nicea
He is considered to be the first emperor of
the Roman Empire to officially support
Christianity?
a) Julius Caesar
b) Nero
c) Justinian
d) Constantine
Who did Constantine credit for the
victory at the Battle of Milvian Bridge?
a) Buddha
b) Jusus (Christ)
c) Mercury
d) Jupiter
Why did Constantine order the Council of
Nicaea to meet?
a)
b)
c)
d)
To determine if Christianity should be outlawed or not.
To determine if Jesus and God were one in the same.
To determine if Jesus was a real person.
To establish a pope.
What emperor made Christianity the official
religion of the Roman Empire?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Theodosius
Constantine
Justinian
Nero
The purpose of the Council
of Nicaea was to
determine whether the
Trinitarian ism viewpoint
(God, Jesus, and Holy
Spirit are one in the same)
or Aryanism viewpoint
(Jesus was a creation of
God not God himself) was
correct. Which side won.
a) Aryanisms
b) Trinitarians
The council of Nicaea
sided with this group
a)
b)
c)
d)
Trinitarians
Muslims
Arians
Agnostics
Constantine brought a significant change to
the Roman Empire by —
a)
b)
c)
d)
banning monotheism
writing a constitution
moving the capital
abolishing slavery
What happened in
476 A.D.?
a) Muhammad took
over Arabia
b) The Roman
Empire
collapsed
c) The Mongols
invaded Europe.
d) Constantine
moved the
capital of the
Roman Empire
to Byzantium.
After the fall of Rome, the eastern portion
of the Roman Empire became known as the
a) Byzantine Empire
b) Gupta Empire
c) Mongol Empire
d) Persian Empire
Which region had the greatest influence on
the historical and cultural development of
the Byzantine Empire?
a) Rome
b) Mesoamerica
c) India
d) Egypt
Which factor was most important about the
site of Constantinople?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mountains for stone building materials
Peninsula for easily constructed defenses
River valley to provide rich farmland
Desert oasis to supply fresh water
Constantinople was important because
a) its location made it important for trade.
b) it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire until
Constantine moved the capital back to Europe.
c) it preserved classical (Greek & Roman) culture
during the “Dark Ages” of Europe.
d) A and C
All of these made Constantinople a good
choice for the capital of the Byzantine
Empire, EXCEPT
a) it was close to trading partners in the east and
could protect the eastern border.
b) it was hard to attack because it was on a
peninsula.
c) the god Apollo told Constantine in a dream to build
the city there.
d) it could control trade routes on land & sea.
Which city is described by these facts?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Moscow
Jerusalem
Rome
Constantinople
In the 14th and 15th centuries, most goods
arrived in northern Europe from
Constantinople after crossing the —
a)
b)
c)
d)
Black Sea
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Pacific Ocean
How did Justinian expand the Byzantine
Empire?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Became allied with the Persians
Reconquered former Roman territories
Campaigned across the Arabian Peninsula
Bought land from the Germanic tribes
The uniform code created by a panel of 400
legal experts; it served the Byzantine
Empire for 900 years
a)
b)
c)
d)
Hammurabi’s Code
Justinian’s Code
10 Commandments
12 Tables
1. The Code contained nearly 5,000 Roman laws, which the experts
still considered useful for the Byzantine Empire.
2. The Digest quoted and summarized the opinions of Rome’s
greatest legal thinkers about the laws. This massive work ran to a
total of 50 volumes.
3. The Institutes was a textbook that told law students how to use
the laws.
4. The Novellae (New Laws) presented legislation passed after 534.
What series of laws are exhibited above?
a) The Torah
b) Justinian’s Code
c) The 12 Tables
d) Hamurabi’s Code
The information in this chart could best be
used to explain why —
a)
b)
c)
d)
Islamic influence became dominant in Russia
Russia had a long history of religious freedom
Russia often attacked the Byzantine Empire
Russia was strongly influenced by Byzantine
culture
The Code of Justinian later served as the
basis for most —
a)
b)
c)
d)
Indian religious ceremonies
African trade agreements
European legal systems
Chinese government principles
Which geographic factor was most important to
the growth of the Byzantine Empire?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Abundant fertile soil
Access to trade routes
Extensive iron deposits
River water for irrigation
The church of “Holy Wisdom” built by Justinian in
Constantinople; considered the crowning glory of
his reign
a)
b)
c)
d)
St. Peter's Basilica
Church of the Holy sepulcher
Cathedral of Notre-Dame
Hagia Sophia
The term for the
leading bishop of
Eastern Christianity
a)
b)
c)
d)
Cardinal
Patriarch
Pope
Caliph
Religious image
used in
practices by
Eastern
Christians
a)
b)
c)
d)
Hologram
Photograph
Sculpture
Icon
The culture of the Byzantine Romans was
different from the European Romans in
a)
b)
c)
d)
language and type of Christianity.
sculpture and philosophy.
food, clothes, and paintings.
music, laws, and architecture.
Examples of Byzantine art & architecture
are
a)
b)
c)
d)
mythological statues and the Louvre.
funeral masks and pyramids.
calligraphy and the Taj Mahal.
icons, mosaics, and the Hagia Sophia.
In the Byzantine Empire, Christians
a) spoke Latin but sang in French.
b) spoke Greek in church and often used
special paintings called icons.
c) were polytheistic.
d) hated Latin because they thought it was
“too polytheistic.”
In 1054, the Christian church split into
Eastern and Western churches. After that,
a)
b)
c)
d)
there was a war between the churches.
East and West had different leaders
Christianity slowly ended in the East.
the Patriarch led the Western church.
This ruler of
Russia ordered
all of the people
in his kingdom
to adopt the
religion ofa)
b)
c)
d)
Christianity
Paganism
Judaism
Buddhism
The Western Church
a) was based in Rome and used Latin.
b) was far from the government capital, so the
Church did some of the government’s jobs.
c) disappeared after the fall of Rome in 476AD, so
Christianity ended.
d) A and B
Which information correctly completes this
table?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Column 1—Centered in Constantinople
Column 2—Centered in Rome
Column 1—Accepted the authority of the Patriarch
Column 2—Used Greek language in liturgy
Byzantine and Russian culture and religion
are similar because
a) the Byzantines sent missionaries and traders
upriver into eastern Europe & Russia.
b) Byzantium was the capital of Russia.
c) the Empress Theodora came from Russia and
brought Russian ideas with her.
d) the Byzantines conquered and colonized Russia.
This is the
entrance gate to
the Russian city of
a)
b)
c)
d)
Rome
Alexandria
Kiev
Constantinople
The Byzantine Empire sent missionaries to
teach these people about Christianity?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Russians
Romans
Egyptians
Persians
The adoption of the Eastern Orthodox
religion and the Cyrillic alphabet by the
Russian people occurred as a result of
a)
b)
c)
d)
territorial expansion by the Mongols
The policies of Muslim leaders
contact with Byzantine culture in the 10th century
the influence of the Crusaders during the Middle
Ages
Which period on the timeline below represents the
time after the Fall of the Roman Empire and
before the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
A
B
C
D
Which empire was best known for libraries
that preserved ancient Greek and
Roman knowledge?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mongol
Gupta
Chinese
Byzantine
In 1472, he married the niece of the
last Byzantine emperor. From that
time, he called himself czar - the
Russian version of Caesar. In 1480,
he finally broke with the Mongols.
a) Ivan I
b) Ivan III
c) Yaroslav the
Wise
d) Alexander
Nevsky
In 1055, these people captured
Baghdad and took control of the
Abbasid government. In the next few
decades, they used their force to
take land from another empire - the
Byzantine Empire.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Seljuk Turks
Mongols
Mamelukes
Rus