Byzantine Empire

1. True or False: Turkey is larger than Texas

A) false
B) true

2. Which is a natural resource for Turkey?

A) cotton
B) metal
C) limestone
D) apparel
E) tobacco

3. What is the type of government in Turkey?

A) dictatorship
B) republican parliamentary democracy
C) monarchy
D) democratic monarch
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 implemented high taxes to pay for his armies and projects.
B) He was a harsh ruler.
C) He killed 30,000 rioters.
D) He took a German woman to be his wife.

6. The Byzantine Empire is another name for

A) Eastern Roman Empire
B) Western Roman Empire
C) Greece
D) Macedonia

7. Which of the following was an accomplishment to Justinian's rule?

A) Captured Italy and Rome and gave it to the pope.
B) restoring the Roman Empire
C) Conquering Greece and Macedonia
D) Regaining much of Europe

8. What is the Justinian Law Code?

A) a collection of laws that protects the wealthy and paganism
B) a collection of laws that protects everyone
C) a new law code that uses Hammurabi's code and the Rosetta stone as a basis for law
D) a new law code that uses Hammurabi's code and the Ur Nammu Law code

9. What city became the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

A) Babylon
B) Jerusalem
C) Alexandria
D) Constantinople
E) Rome

10. How long did the Byzantine Empire remain in power after the fall of Rome and the Western Roman Empire?

A) 500 years
B) 100 years
C) 2000 years
D) 1000 years
E) 300 years

11. What was the Corpus of Civil Law?

A) A list of people who had broken the law
B) A pledge that people said before the Roman court started
C) A group of judges who decided the fate of criminals
D) A test lawyers must pass before they could practice law
E) A single book that recorded all of the Roman laws

12. What marked the end of the Byzantine Empire?

A) The rise of the Russian Empire
B) The death of Justinian I
C) The fall of the city of Rome to Odoacer
D) The start of the Renaissance in Italy
E) The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire

13. Who founded the Ottoman Empire?

A) Mehmed II
B) Suleiman the Magnificent
C) Alexander the Great
D) Julian II
E) Osman I

14. What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?

A) Constantinople
B) Budapest
C) Rome
D) Athens
E) Vienna

15. In what way did the fall of Constantinople lead to the European Renaissance?

A) It reminded people about the civilization of Ancient Rome
B) Artists began painting about war
C) Many scholars and artists fled Constantinople and came to Italy
D) It put an end to all wars in Europe
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) 7
B) 19
C) 45
D) 26
E) 12

18. What region of the world did Suleiman conquer while he was emperor?

A) all of the above
B) The lands of the Safavids in the Middle East
C) Parts of Romania and Hungary
D) The Mediterranean Sea
E) Lands and cities in Northern Africa

19. What title did Suleiman take as the leader of the Muslim world?

A) King
B) Tsar
C) President
D) Caliph
E) Premier

20. How did Suleiman die?

A) He died in his palace from old age
B) He died from injuries sustained from being thrown from his horse
C) He was assassinated by crossbow
D) He became sick and died while on campaign in Hungary
E) He died in a major battle in India

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