Chapter 9 - The Middle Ages In Europe
Take the quiz to help you study for your test and the final exam.
- 1.What became the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
- A.
Byzantinum
- B.
Rome
- C.
Constantinople
- 2.Most of the people in Constantinople spoke what language?
- A.
Italian
- B.
Greek
- C.
French
- 3.What are holy objects from the past?
- A.
Relics
- B.
Saints
- C.
Holy
- 4.Who was the greatest of all Byzantine Emperors?
- A.
Constantine
- B.
Caesar
- C.
Justinian
- 5.Why was Justinian considered a great emperor?
- A.
He tried to win back the Roman lands in the West
- B.
He put together a code of laws
- C.
He made Constantinople
- D.
All of the above
- 6.What was the greatest thing that Justinian did?
- A.
He tried to win back the Roman lands in the West.
- B.
He put together a code of laws.
- C.
He made Constantinople.
- 7.Did the code of Justinian later help shape the legal systems of Europe and the United States?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 8.Justinian built one of the world's most beautiful churches. The name of the church was what?
- A.
Hippodrome
- B.
Hagia Sophia
- C.
Colosseum
- 9.What was Justinian's motto?
- A.
"One Empire, one church, one law"
- B.
"One Empire, one church, many laws" "One Empire, one church, many laws"
- C.
"Many empires, one church, one law"
- 10.What happened after Justinian died?
- A.
Garbage filled the streets and as it decayed, it spread the plague
- B.
Civil War broke out
- C.
Turks attacked the empire, took control of Constantinople and changed its name to Istanbul
- D.
All of the above
- 11.What later became the capital of the Ottoman Empire?
- A.
Rome
- B.
Constantinople
- C.
Istanbul
- 12.Did the Slavs have a written language?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 13.Who invented the Cyrillic alphabet?
- A.
Cyril and Methodius
- B.
Justinian
- C.
Constantine
- 14.In A.D. 989, what became the official religion of Russia?
- A.
Roman Catholic
- B.
Eastern Orthodox
- C.
Judaism
- 15.What is the date that Russia was founded?
- A.
A.D. 776
- B.
A.D. 992
- C.
A.D. 862
- 16.In the year Russia was founded, who was the ruler?
- A.
Prince Rurik
- B.
Alexander
- C.
Daniel
- 17.The Grand Prince of Kiev got Russia together. But when he died, things fell apart. Why did Kiev fall?
- A.
His sons divided the kingdom among themselves, fought & weakened the kingdom
- B.
Trade with Constantinople was stopped
- C.
In 1240, Mongol armies took control of Kiev and destroyed it
- D.
All of the above
- 18.Who beat the Swedes at the Neva River? He got the nickname "Nevsky."
- A.
Daniel
- B.
Ivan
- C.
Alexander
- 19.By the late 1400s, what became the most powerful city in Russia?
- A.
Kiev
- B.
Moscow
- C.
Leningrad
- 20.Who was the founder of modern Russia? He freed Russia from foreign rule and set up a government. His wife helped him to take complete power of both the church and the government.
- A.
Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible
- B.
Prince Rurik
- C.
Ivan III or Ivan the Great
- 21.What became the center of the Russian church and the Russian government? It is still the center of government in Russia.
- A.
Kremlin
- B.
Moscow
- C.
Hippodrome
- 22.Who was a good military leader but also a cruel man? He had his soldiers kill thousands of men and he beat one of his sons to death.
- A.
Ivan III or Ivan the Great
- B.
Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible
- C.
Augustus Caesar
- 23.In AD 800, one king was strong enough to unite all of Western Europe. What was his name?
- A.
Justinian
- B.
Constantine
- C.
Charlemagne
- 24.Who was the Viking that landed on an island on the northeast coast of North America? He called it Vinland but now it's known as Newfoundland.
- A.
Canute
- B.
Leif Eriksson
- C.
Edward the Confessor
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