Byzantine Empire

1. True or False: Turkey is larger than Texas

A) false
B) true

2. Which is a natural resource for Turkey?

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

3. What is the type of government in Turkey?

A) dictatorship
B) democratic monarch
C) monarchy
D) republic
E) republican parliamentary democracy

4. Where did the name Turkey come from?

A) means "land of the Turks" that is what the people are called Turks
B) the bird that we eat during Thanksgiving
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) Western Roman Empire
D) Macedonia

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

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

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

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) 300 years
E) 1000 years

11. What was the Corpus of Civil Law?

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

12. What marked the end of the Byzantine Empire?

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

13. Who founded the Ottoman Empire?

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

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

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

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

A) Many scholars and artists fled Constantinople and came to Italy
B) Artists began painting about war
C) It reminded people about the civilization of Ancient Rome
D) It helped the Europeans to become rich
E) It put an end to all wars in Europe

16. True or False: The Ottomans required that all the peoples they conquered converted to the Islamic religion or they were executed.

A) True
B) False

17. At what age did Suleiman become Sultan of the Ottoman Empire?

A) 19
B) 45
C) 26
D) 12
E) 7

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

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

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

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

20. How did Suleiman die?

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

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