Byzantine and Islamic Empire Test Review Pt. 2

The Byzantine Empire preserved the cultural heritage of what two fall empires?

(a)  

Constantinople was the capital of what empire from 330 to 1453 CE?

• Byzantine Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• Caliphate Empire

• Mughal Empire

Answer explanation

Remember the Byzantine Empire split from the Roman Empire and lived for another 1120 years (330 - 1453 CE). There Capital was Constantinople until the Ottoman Turks conquered the city in 1453 and made it their capital but with the name Istanbul.

The wife of Justinian and the woman who convinced him to have 30,000 rebellious citizen slaughtered to protect his empire.

(a)  

Answer explanation

Remember Theodora persuaded Justinian to stand up to the rebellious citizen of Constantinople leading to 30,000 citizens being slaughtered by the army.

Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire constructed what beautiful wonder.

• Stonehenge

• Hagia Sophia

• Taj Mahal

• The Pyramids of Giza

Gunpowder was invented in China but it allow which of the following empire(s) to expand?

• The Mughal Empire

• The Safavid Empire

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Byzantine Empire

Answer explanation

The Byzantine Empire would have gunpowder weapons before they collapsed but they were not expanding by the time they received them. The other 3 empires would use these weapons to expand their territories.

What is the difference between Sunni and Shia Islam?

• Sunni Muslims believe Mohammad is Allah himself.

• Who would succeed Mohammad as leader?

• Shia Muslims are polytheistic.

• There is no difference between the two.

Byzantine controlled Constantinople was attacked by who in 1204 CE?

• Hindu Nomads

• The Ottoman Turks

• European Catholic Crusaders

• The Caliphate Empire

Which of these is true about the ruler Justinian I.

• Husband of Theodora

• Began construction of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

• Lead the Byzantine Empire to its greatest extent.

• The first Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Muhammad was the founder of Islam but also of what empire in an attempt to spread Islam across the Arabian Peninsula.

(a)  

Draw the Social Structure of the Ottoman Empire on the Triangle.