Byzantine Empire - Quiz
  • 1. True or False: Turkey is larger than Texas
A) true
B) false
  • 2. Which is a natural resource for Turkey?
A) metal
B) limestone
C) tobacco
D) apparel
E) cotton
  • 3. What is the type of government in Turkey?
A) dictatorship
B) monarchy
C) democratic monarch
D) republican parliamentary democracy
E) republic
  • 4. Where did the name Turkey come from?
A) the bird that we eat during Thanksgiving
B) means "land of the Turks" that is what the people are called Turks
C) Constantine the Great moved the capital and changed the name
D) Former leader of Asian Minor decided to change the name to Turkey because that was his favorite bird
  • 5. Why were the people of Constantinople unhappy with Justinian's rule?
A) He took a German woman to be his wife.
B) He implemented high taxes to pay for his armies and projects.
C) He killed 30,000 rioters.
D) He was a harsh ruler.
  • 6. The Byzantine Empire is another name for
A) Greece
B) Eastern Roman Empire
C) Macedonia
D) Western Roman Empire
  • 7. Which of the following was an accomplishment to Justinian's rule?
A) restoring the Roman Empire
B) Conquering Greece and Macedonia
C) Captured Italy and Rome and gave it to the pope.
D) Regaining much of Europe
  • 8. What is the Justinian Law Code?
A) a collection of laws that protects everyone
B) a collection of laws that protects the wealthy and paganism
C) a new law code that uses Hammurabi's code and the Ur Nammu Law code
D) a new law code that uses Hammurabi's code and the Rosetta stone as a basis for law
  • 9. What city became the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
A) Jerusalem
B) Constantinople
C) Babylon
D) Alexandria
E) Rome
  • 10. How long did the Byzantine Empire remain in power after the fall of Rome and the Western Roman Empire?
A) 100 years
B) 300 years
C) 500 years
D) 2000 years
E) 1000 years
  • 11. What was the Corpus of Civil Law?
A) A list of people who had broken the law
B) A single book that recorded all of the Roman laws
C) A pledge that people said before the Roman court started
D) A test lawyers must pass before they could practice law
E) A group of judges who decided the fate of criminals
  • 12. What marked the end of the Byzantine Empire?
A) The start of the Renaissance in Italy
B) The fall of the city of Rome to Odoacer
C) The death of Justinian I
D) The rise of the Russian Empire
E) The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire
  • 13. Who founded the Ottoman Empire?
A) Osman I
B) Julian II
C) Alexander the Great
D) Suleiman the Magnificent
E) Mehmed II
  • 14. What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?
A) Athens
B) Vienna
C) Constantinople
D) Rome
E) Budapest
  • 15. In what way did the fall of Constantinople lead to the European Renaissance?
A) Artists began painting about war
B) Many scholars and artists fled Constantinople and came to Italy
C) It put an end to all wars in Europe
D) It reminded people about the civilization of Ancient Rome
E) It helped the Europeans to become rich
  • 16. True or False: The Ottomans required that all the peoples they conquered converted to the Islamic religion or they were executed.
A) False
B) True
  • 17. At what age did Suleiman become Sultan of the Ottoman Empire?
A) 45
B) 26
C) 12
D) 19
E) 7
  • 18. What region of the world did Suleiman conquer while he was emperor?
A) Parts of Romania and Hungary
B) Lands and cities in Northern Africa
C) The Mediterranean Sea
D) all of the above
E) The lands of the Safavids in the Middle East
  • 19. What title did Suleiman take as the leader of the Muslim world?
A) King
B) Premier
C) President
D) Tsar
E) Caliph
  • 20. How did Suleiman die?
A) He was assassinated by crossbow
B) He died in a major battle in India
C) He became sick and died while on campaign in Hungary
D) He died from injuries sustained from being thrown from his horse
E) He died in his palace from old age
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