Where were most of the invasions at the end of
the Roman Empire?
A. Eastern Europe
B. Western Europe
Who moved the capital of the
Roman Empire to Byzantium (he
also legalized Christianity)?
A. Justinian
B. Augustus
C. Constantine
What protected Constantinople
from invasions?
A. It wasn’t worth invading
B. It was built on a peninsula fortified with land and
sea walls
What was another reason Constantinople was
chosen as the capital?
A. It was a crossroads of trade
B. It was closer to invasions
C. It was home to the Pope
Under which emperor did the Byzantine
Empire grow to its largest size?
A. Alexis
B. Justinian
What was Justinian’s longest lasting
legacy?
A. His code of laws that
were later adopted by
Western European
Monarchs
B. His conquests in
Western Europe and
North Africa
Byzantine achievements in art and
architecture include
A. Humanistic paintings,
sculptures and
architecture
B. Pyramids and murals
C. Icons, mosaics, and
domed buildings
What was one of the buildings
erected under the rule of Justinian?
A.Pantheon
B.Parthenon
C.Hagia Sophia
What are icons?
A. Religious images
meant to inspire
spirituality
B. Realistic images
of daily life
What are Mosaics?
A. images made up of bits of glass, ceramic, and
stone
B. tapestries made of woven cloth
What type of culture flourished in
the Byzantine Empire?
A. Islamic culture
B. Far Eastern culture
C. Greco-Roman culture
What was the first schism in the Christian
Church?
A. Sunni and
Shia
B. Roman
Catholic and
Protestant
C. Roman
Catholic and
Eastern
Orthodox
All of the following are reasons the split
between the Eastern and Western
Churches EXCEPT
A. The West accepted the Pope as leader of
the church, the East did not.
B. The West used Latin in the liturgy; the
East used Greek.
C. Priests could not marry in the West, but
they could in the East.
D. They believed in Baptism in the West,
but not in the East.
How did Byzantine monks preserve
Greco-Roman culture?
A.They kept Greek and
Roman manuscripts
in airtight chambers.
B. They copied and
illustrated ancient
Greek and Roman
works.
Who called for a crusade to regain
control of the Holy Land?
A. Pope Urban
B. Pope Gregory
C. Pope Benedict
Who attacked, burned, and looted
Constantinople in 1204?
A. Muslim Turks
B. Christian Crusaders
C. Mongol Warriors
What effect did the Crusades have
on the Byzantine Empire?
A. It strengthened it
B. It weakened it
C. It completely destroyed it.
Who conquered the Byzantine
Empire in 1453?
A.Magyars
B.Mongols
C.OttomanTurks
Constantinople became capital of the Ottoman
Empire. Today Constantinople is
A.Moscow, Russia
B.Istanbul, Turkey
C.Rome, Italy
How did the Byzantine Empire influence
Russia and Eastern Europe?
A. Trade and missionaries
B. Conquest
C. Mass Media
All of the following are ways that the
Byzantine Empire influenced Russia
EXCEPT?
A. Orthodox Christianity
B. Art and architecture
(icons and onion domes).
C. Arabic Alphabet
D. Trade routes between the
Black and Baltic Seas
Who adapted Greek alphabet to Slavic
languages of Eastern Europe and Russia?
A. St. Cyril
B. St. Patrick
C. St. Nicholas
What type of writing is this?
A.Cuneiform
B.Arabic
C.Cyrillic
Which invaders came from Central Asia,
invaded Eastern and Western Europe, and
settled in Hungary?
A.Magyars
B.Vikings
C.Ottomans
Which invaders
settled in Russia
and helped
establish trade
routes between the
Black and Baltic
Seas?
A.Germanics
B.Vikings
C.Ottomans
Where did the Vikings come from?
A.Central Asia
B.Germanic Areas
C.Scandinavia
Which invaders created an empire and
ruled Russia for over 200 years?
A. Magyars
B. Mongols
C. Ottomans
Who freed Moscow from the Mongols
and united and expanded the Russian
nation?
A. Ivan the Terrible
B. Ivan the Great
C. Catherine the
Great
What title did Ivan the Great take?
A. emperor
B. tsar
C. king
How did Ivan and other Russian
tsars rule?
A. They allowed nobles
complete control over
their lands
B. They only bowed to the
Pope
C. They ruled with
absolute authority
Who was the protector of the
Russian Orthodox Church?
A. the tsar
B. the patriarch
C. the caliph