7.14 Constantinople

Identify the capital city of the Byzantine Empire.

• Constantinople

• Athens

• Alexandria

• Rome

Constantinople is located between which two larger bodies of water?

• Caspian Sea

• Red Sea

• Black Sea

• Arabian Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

Constantinople is located on what type of geographic feature?

• plateau

• archipelago

• isthmus

• peninsula

Draw a circle around Constantinople on a map.

Constantinople sits at the crossroads between which two continents?

• Europe

• North America

• Asia

• Arabia

• Africa

How did Constantinople impact regional commerce?

• Constantinople had little impact on commerce.

• Constantinople was isolated, trading with few people.

• Constantinople easily prevented all commerce in the area.

• Constantinople's location let it control regional commerce.

Constantinople had merchants and visitors from around Europe and Asia, and this greatly increased its...

• isolation

• cultural diffusion

• expansion

• religion

Constantinople's location helped it stop the spread of which Arabian religion?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Shintoism

Because of its location, Constantinople helped maintain a distinct Roman-Christian culture in...

• Western Europe

• Northern Africa

• Southwest Asia

• Eastern Europe

Constantinople was an extremely powerful city, due in part to its...

• geographic location

• religion

• gunpowder technology

• politics