SOL 7 Byzantine Empire
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- Q 1/32Score 0What geographic advantage did Constantinople have?29It was impossible to attack from the water because it was not located on the waterIt had an abundant supply of farmland and food in its immediate vicinityIt was located at a crossroads of Europe and Asia and was strategically located for extensive tradeIts high altitude prevented most diseases from affecting the population
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- Q1What geographic advantage did Constantinople have?It was impossible to attack from the water because it was not located on the waterIt had an abundant supply of farmland and food in its immediate vicinityIt was located at a crossroads of Europe and Asia and was strategically located for extensive tradeIts high altitude prevented most diseases from affecting the population30s
- Q2What role did Constantinople serve in the Byzantine Empire?It was a military outpost guarding the entrance to the Black SeaIt was the capital of the empire and a center of Greek and Roman cultureIt was a major grain-producing region of the empireIt was the second holy site of Christianity30s
- Q3Which of these were not true of the Byzantine Empire under Justinian?All barbarian tribes were expelled from EuropeRoman territories in the west were reconqueredRoman law was codifiedByzantine trade expanded30s
- Q4What language was spoken by the people of the Byzantine Empire?RomanLatinArabicGreek30s
- Q5Byzantine culture worked tocreate new ideas and traditions not based in the pastpreserve Greek and Roman knowledge and traditionsadapt barbarian ideas and religions for use within the empireremove Greek influences from all aspects of life30s
- Q6The picture below is the most famous example of Byzantine architecture in Constantinople. What is the building called?Sacramental ShrineTiber MosqueHagia SophiaGlass Cathedral30s
- Q7Who is the head of the Catholic Church?EmperorPopeKingTsar30s
- Q8The 8th century controversy that separated the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches was related toThe nature of sinThe value of excommunicationPetitions by Arabs to live in the Roman EmpireThe role of the pope30s
- Q9What was the specific type of Christianity practiced by the eastern half of the Roman Empire?Greek OrthodoxyProtestantismRoman CatholicismCalvinism30s
- Q10What brought Byzantine influence into Russia and Eastern Europe?Roman EmpiretechnologyTrade routes and missionariesVikings30s
- Q11What form of Christianity was adopted in Russia?Greek OrthodoxCoptic ChristianIslamRoman Catholic30s
- Q12The Byzantine monks developed an alphabet that was used in Russia and Eastern Europe. What was it called?CyrillicSanskritCuneiformHieroglphyics30s
- Q13What statement best describes the strategic location of Constantinople?It was close to the city of RomeIt was located at the crossroads of the Asian and European continentsIt bordered the Mediterranean SeaIt was located on an island and therefore free from invasions30s
- Q14Which city was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?AlexandriaJerusalemAthensConstantinople30s
- Q15Constantinople was an important trading center because of its location on the -Mediterranean SeaAdriaticCaspian SeaBlack Sea30s
