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This is a short quiz to test your understanding of the Byzantine information presented this week by both your teachers and your peers.
- 1.
- A.
He wanted everyone to be Christians
- B.
He feared that the Empire was becoming too large to handle
- C.
He believed it would be easier to protect the Empire from invasion
- D.
He wanted to gain a new water way for trade
- 2.The Emperor Constantine changed the location of Rome's capital from
- A.
Rome to Carthage
- B.
Rome to Greece
- C.
Rome to Constantinople
- D.
Constantinople to Byzantine
- 3.The Barbarians were considered
- A.
The Franks
- B.
The Turks
- C.
The Vandals
- D.
Anyone not Roman
- 4.The Western Roman Empire, and its capital Rome, fell to the Barbarians before the Eastern Empire and its capital, Constatntinople.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Justinian decided to unite the Roman Empire once again and was successful at getting key areas back under the Empire's control.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.
- A.
A system of codes that governed the building of certain structures.
- B.
A series of laws regarding the dress code for women.
- C.
A series of laws that regulated many areas of Byzantine life.
- D.
A religious doctrine that told Christians how to live their life.
- 7.Theodora was the wife of
- 8.The Hippodrome was
- A.
A church built to honor Constantine
- B.
A museum
- C.
A place where gladiators fought
- D.
A building that housed events, such as shows and races
- 9.
- 10.The Great Plague killed over ------------- people a day.
- A.
19,000
- B.
29,000
- C.
10,000
- D.
5,000
- 11.The spread of the Plague is blamed on which animal?
- 12.There are only three differences between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox church.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Sate one major difference between the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- 14.The fall of Constantinople was the reuslt of a seige. Who attacked the Byzantine Empire?
- A.
The Vandals
- B.
The Franks
- C.
The Turks
- D.
The Visogoths
- 15.
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