World History A Topic 6 They Byzantine Empire

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How did the Byzantine Empire protect Europe?

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It served as a buffer, isolating Europe from its eastern enemies.

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What caused Emperor Leo III to become iconoclastic?

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He wanted to "purify" the Christianity practiced.

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How did the Byzantine Empire preserve Christianity?

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Exposed through trade, Western Europe was greatly influenced as well by Byzantine arts and architecture.

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How did the Byzantine Empire preserve learning?

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The Byzantine Renaissance was a major catalyst for the Italian Renaissance.

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Which is not a consequence of Justinian’s unification of the legal code? Options: It was the first attempt to unify the Roman empire under a single set of laws. It significantly increased the ease of governing a geographically dispersed empire. It served as the basis for the Catholic Church's canon law. It left room for interpretation, so laws were enforced differently in different parts of the Byzantine empire.

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It left room for interpretation, so laws were enforced differently in different parts of the Byzantine empire.

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How are the Roman and Byzantine Empires related?

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The Byzantine Empire is the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

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What is the theme system? Select one: a. a governing system where the emperor focuses on one area of improvement (called a theme) at a time, b. a system of mandatory conscription based on age and location, c. a system similar to the Europeans feudal system, where the government traded land for loyal soldiers, d. a military weapon similar to the modern flamethrower

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a system similar to the Europeans feudal system, where the government traded land for loyal soldiers