CHAPTER 7

PRE-TEST

1. The Byzantine Empire lasted over ________ years!

• a. 500

• b. 750

• c. 1000

• d. 1250

C. 1000 YEARS

2. The Emperor ____________ founded Constantinople on the ruins of a Greek city called Byzantium.

• a. Augustus

• b. Constantine

• c. Alexander

• d. Julius Caesar

b. Constantine

3. The greatest emperor of the Byzantine Empire after Constantine was ____________.

• a. Alexander

• b. Justinian

• c. Nero

• d. Leo X

b. Justinian

4. During the Byzantine Empire, the Christian church split into two main groups: Roman Catholic and __________ Orthodox.

• a. Western

• b. Southern

• c. Northern

• d. Eastern

d. Eastern

6. _____________ directed his lawyers to codify, organize and revise 1000 years of Roman law, which created a valuable, lasting heritage for the whole Western world. Most law codes of today are based on this work.

• a. Constantine • b. Alexander• c. Augustine • d. Justinian

d. Justinian

7. Byzantine architecture was most fully expressed in churches; the most noticeable feature was the __________ on each church.

• . a. marble

• b. dome

• c. gold

• d. steeple

b. dome

8. Constantinople was finally conquered by

the _______________ in 1453.

a. Mongols

b. Romans

c. Barbarians

d. Muslims (Ottoman empire)

D. Muslims

9. The early church split in half when the leaders of the two groups ____________

each other.

• a. hated

• b. made war on

• c. refused to speak to

• d. excommunicated

d. excommunicated

10. An ___________ is a kind of painting of holy people that was mistakenly worshipped by people in the Byzantine churches.

• a. icing

• b. idol

• c. icon

• d. idle

c. icon

11. Who was the leader of the Church in the West?

• a. The Pope

• b. The Eastern Patriarch

• c. The Bishop

• d. The Emperor

a. The Pope

12. Which of the following in NOT true about Theodora?

• a. She convinced Justinian to stay in Constantinople during a revolt.

• b. She helped to reunite the Eastern and Western Churches.

• c. She influenced the development of Byzantine law.

• d. She was Justinian’s wife.

b. She helped to reunite the Eastern and Western Churches.

13. The ruler of Kievan Rus was called

• a. King

• b. Czar

• c. Empire

• d. Pope

b. Czar

14. During Justinian reign workers built

• a. Circus Marims

• b. Coliseum

• c. Hagia Sophia

• d. Parthenon

c. Hagia Sophia

15. a religious image that is regarded as sacred

A. Autocrat

B. excommunicate

C. Charter

D. Icon

E. Tundra

D. Icon

16. an official document in which rights are given

by a government to a person or group

• A. Autocrat• B. Excommunicate• C. charter

• D. Icon• E. Tundra

C. charter

17. a single ruler with absolute power

• A. Autocrat• B. Excommunicate• C. charter

• D. Icon• E. Tundra

A. Autocrat

18. to expel from the church

• A. Autocrat• B. Excommunicate• C. charter

• D. Icon• E. Tundra

B. Excommunicate

19. a plain without trees in an arctic region

• A. Autocrat• B. Excommunicate• C. charter

• D. Icon• E. Tundra

E. Tundra

20. a large group of people who share the same language and cultural heritage

• A. Steppe• C. Boyar• E. Ethnic group

• B. Czar• D. Mercenary

E. Ethnic group

21. the Russian noble

• A. Steppe• C. Boyar• E. Ethnic group

• B. Czar• D. Mercenary

C. Boyar

22. a soldier paid to serve in a foreign army

• A. Steppe• C. Boyar• E. Ethnic group

• B. Czar• D. Mercenary

D. Mercenary

23. a great plain with few trees anywhere in southeastern Europe or Asia

• A. Steppe• C. Boyar• E. Ethnic group

• B. Czar• D. Mercenary

A. Steppe

24. the Russian word for Caesar, which

means “emperor”

• A. Steppe• C. Boyar• E. Ethnic group

• B. Czar• D. Mercenary

B. Czar

TRUE OR FALSE

• Constantinople was surrounded on 3 sides by water.

TRUE

• Constantinople’s geographical location provided unsafe harbors for ship travel.

FALSE

• Constantinople was located at an important land route that linked Europe and Asia (Silk Road)

TRUE

• Emperor Constantine decided to relocate the capital to the Greek city of Byzantium.

TRUE

• The Byzantium was called the city of new Rome.

TRUE