24-25 Benchmark 3 Review

The wealthy ruling class of Rome was called

• Ciceros
• Plebeians
• Visogoths
• Patricians

The social class made up of craftsmen, merchants, and poor farmers

• Ciceros
• Patricians
• Visogoths
• Plebeians

Rome's government began as a _______ and changed to an ___________.

• democracy, republic

• republic, empire

• empire, republic

• tyranny, empire

How was the Roman Republic different from the Roman Empire?

• The Republic was very large; the Empire was fairly small.

• The Republic was ruled by elected representatives; the Empire was not.

• The Republic had no army; the Empire had a massive army.

• The Republic

Roman general who became the republic's dictator in 45 B.C.

• Julius Caesar

• Nero

• Caligula

• Constantine

Who moved the the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantine?

• Diocletian
• Constantine
• Theodosius I
• Justinian

The Byzantine Empire reached its peak under the leadership of...

• Theodora
• Justinian
• Tribonian
• Henry IV

Which Byzantine emperor rebuilt the Hagia Sophia?

• Justinian

• Constantine

• Zeno

• Irene

Why is Justinian's Code of laws so important today?

• It established all rules regarding. taxation.
• It established codes regarding the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• It established the basis for legal codes in Western World.
• It established what entertainment acts were at Hippodrome.

Which group conquered Constantinople?

• Persians

• Huns

• Ottoman Turks

• Carthage