Byzantine Empire Test

What is the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

• Rome
• Athens
• Constantinople
• Paris

Who moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople?

• Julius Caesar
• Constantine

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Alexander the Great

What is a strait?

• A type of dessert made with layers of sponge cake and cream
• A type of strong wind that blows in the Mediterranean
• A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water
• A large landmass surrounded by water

What strait does the red arrow point to?

• Strait of Malacca
• Bosphorus Strait

• Strait of Magellan
• Strait of Hormuz

Constantinople was far from the _____ invaders that threatened Rome.

• Mongol

• Russian

• Germanic

• Roman

What natural feature helped to protect Constantinople?

• It was on a mountain

• It was near a river

• It was on a peninsula

• It was on a floating island in the sky

Constantinople benefitted greatly from the trade in what seas?

• Mediterranean and Black Seas
• Red and Caspian Seas
• Arctic and Indian Oceans
• Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

Constantinople fell into Ottoman control in what year?

• 1607
• 1453
• 1520
• 1492

What religion were the Ottoman Turks?

• Buddhist
• Muslim
• Christian
• Jewish

The Byzantine Empire saw themselves as an extension of what empire?

• Greek Empire
• Ottoman Empire
• Mongol Empire
• Roman Empire