Unit Two: Byzantine and Mongol Empire

The Byzantine Empire is the ____________ Roman Empire.

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western

By 330 Emperor Constantine built a new capital city in __________________ where the Byzantine Empire arose from this site.

• Rome

• Constantinople

• Istanbul

• Corinth

Emperor Justinian ruled the Byzantine Empire under which form of government?

• Aristocracy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Dynasty

Under Justinian, the imperial goal in the East was to _____________ government and to impose ___________ and doctrinal conformity.

• overrule, state

• undermine, strict

• overthrow, loose

• centralize, legal

Justinian most important political accomplishment was codifying __________ ___________.

• Roman Law

• Greek Law

• Byzantine Law

• Italian Law

Empress Theodora encouraged her husband Justinian to make new laws that were fair to _________.

• slaves

• peasants

• merchants

• women

Under the reign of Justinian, Constantinople was a meeting place for merchants from Europe and _______.

• Africa

• Asia

• the Americas

• Russia

Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruler by Rome, initiated an ambitious building program , including Hagia Sofia, as well as a new legal code.

• Constantine

• Justinian

• Theodora

• Genghis Khan

Byzantine artists developed ____________ which are pictures or designs formed by inlaid pieces of stone or other materials.

• Icons

• Mosaics

• Patrirachs

• Paintings

Byzantine art focused on ___________ ____________ through icons that created the sense that the person was actually present.

• war battles

• political events

• Roman Empire

• religious themes