Question 1

What was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

Rome

Answer

Constantinople

Answer

Byzantium

Answer

Istanbul

Question 2

What was the capital city of the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire?

Accepted Answer

Constantinople

Answer

Rome

Answer

Istanbul

Question 3

Which emperor made Constantinople the capital city of the Byzantine (Eastern) Empire?

Accepted Answer

Constantine

Answer

Empress Irene

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Leo III

Answer

Cerulias

Question 4

The "Byzantine Empire" was another name for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Eastern Empire

Answer

Rome

Answer

The Western Empire

Question 5

The Western Roman Empire fell apart first. How did this change the leadership of the two empires?

Accepted Answer

The West did not have an Emperor after falling apart first. The East still had an emperor.

Answer

Both empires decided to just have popes instead of Emperors.

Answer

The East did not have an Emperor after falling apart first. The West still had an emperor.

Question 6

What made Constantinople a great location for trade? (buying and selling)

Accepted Answer

It was located between Europe and Asia, where many trade routes crossed.

Answer

It had sewer systems and well-built roads.

Answer

It had water on three sides as well as  walls and watchtowers.

Question 7

What events took place at the Hippodrome?

Accepted Answer

Chariot Races

Answer

Livestock training

Answer

Mystery Plays

Question 8

What made Constantinople easy to defend?

Accepted Answer

It had water on three sides.

Answer

It was very wealthy

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It had the Hippodrome

Question 9

Describe the lives of the jobless in Constantinople.

Accepted Answer

They worked in exchange for bread from the Emperor

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The city had organizations that taught jobless people how to read.

Answer

The Emperor gave them jobs

Question 10

Why did Justinian have to rebuild Constantinople?

Accepted Answer

The blues and the greens destroyed the city

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His advisors told him to

Answer

Everyone in Constantinople was jobless

Question 11

What was Hagia Sophia?

Accepted Answer

A church Justinian created when he rebuilt Constantinople

Answer

An orphanage that Justinian created when he rebuilt Constantinople.

Answer

A hospital that Justinian created when he rebuilt Constantinople

Question 12

Who were the blues and the greens?

Accepted Answer

Fans of different chariot teams. The fans hated each other.

Answer

The rich and the poor in Constantinople. You could tell them apart by color.

Answer

Royal families of Constantinople

Question 13

What were some of the "public works" that Justinian created when he rebuilt Constantinople?

Accepted Answer

Parks, Bridges, Hospitals, Roads, Churches

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Castles, Moats, Armies

Question 14

What places did Justinian win back for the empire?

Accepted Answer

Parts of Italy, Africa, and Spain

Answer

Parts of China, Japan, and Korea

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Parts of New Guinea and Australia

Question 15

What was Justinian's Code?

Accepted Answer

A set of laws that Justinian developed/revised. Some of these laws gave more equality to women.

Answer

A language that Justinian used to communicate with his advisors.

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A set of numbers that historians use as a primary source. They use it to figure out what happened in Constantinople.

Question 16

In the Byzantine (Eastern) Empire, who was more powerful?

Accepted Answer

The Emperor had power over the Patriarch of the Church

Answer

The Church had power over the Emperor

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The Church and the Emperor had equal power

Question 17

What was iconoclasm?

Accepted Answer

Destroying religious icons (art)

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Traveling far distances to holy cities.

Answer

Speaking Greek during church

Question 18

What did people who believed in Iconoclasm think and do?

Accepted Answer

They thought people were worshipping art instead of God, so they destroyed religious paintings, sculptures, architecture etc.

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They thought that the Eastern empire should have control, so they excommunicated the Pope.

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They thought it was wrong for women to be emperors, so they appointed men.

Question 19

Why were people in the Byzantine (Eastern) empire angry when the Pope crowned Charlemagne emperor?

Accepted Answer

Empress Irene was already the ruler, but the Pope dismissed her because she was a woman.

Answer

Charlemagne had already been emperor for a long time, and they wanted someone else to rule.

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They wanted the Pope to become the Emperor, but the Pope refused

Question 20

The Great Schism was a permanent separation between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 21

In 1054, the two Churches excommunicated each other's leaders, which caused the churches to separate. This is now called the  "Great Schism"

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 22

What is a "Schism" (SKISM)

Accepted Answer

A break, split, or separation

Answer

People fighting

Answer

An earthquake

Question 23

Which empire was more wealthy (richer)?

Accepted Answer

Eastern Empire

Answer

Western Empire

Question 24

Which empire was LESS wealthy (poorer)?

Accepted Answer

Western Empire

Answer

Eastern (Byzantine) Empire

Question 25

Which Empire did the Greek Orthodox Religion develop in?

Accepted Answer

Eastern (Byzantine) Empire

Answer

Western Roman Empire

Question 26

Which empire kept the Roman Catholic Religion?

Accepted Answer

Western Empire

Answer

Eastern (Byzantine) Empire

Question 27

Which empire had more businesses and trade?

Accepted Answer

Eastern (Byzantine) Empire

Answer

Western Empire

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