Byzantine Empire
  • 1. True or False: Turkey is larger than Texas
A) true
B) false
  • 2. Which is a natural resource for Turkey?
A) cotton
B) limestone
C) apparel
D) tobacco
E) metal
  • 3. What is the type of government in Turkey?
A) republican parliamentary democracy
B) dictatorship
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 took a German woman to be his wife.
B) He implemented high taxes to pay for his armies and projects.
C) He was a harsh ruler.
D) He killed 30,000 rioters.
  • 6. The Byzantine Empire is another name for
A) Macedonia
B) Eastern Roman Empire
C) Greece
D) Western Roman Empire
  • 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 new law code that uses Hammurabi's code and the Rosetta stone as a basis for law
B) a collection of laws that protects everyone
C) a collection of laws that protects the wealthy and paganism
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) Alexandria
B) Jerusalem
C) Babylon
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) 1000 years
B) 100 years
C) 300 years
D) 500 years
E) 2000 years
  • 11. What was the Corpus of Civil Law?
A) A group of judges who decided the fate of criminals
B) A list of people who had broken the law
C) A test lawyers must pass before they could practice law
D) A pledge that people said before the Roman court started
E) A single book that recorded all of the Roman laws
  • 12. What marked the end of the Byzantine Empire?
A) The fall of the city of Rome to Odoacer
B) The rise of the Russian Empire
C) The start of the Renaissance in Italy
D) The death of Justinian I
E) The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire
  • 13. Who founded the Ottoman Empire?
A) Alexander the Great
B) Julian II
C) Osman I
D) Mehmed II
E) Suleiman the Magnificent
  • 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) It put an end to all wars in Europe
B) Many scholars and artists fled Constantinople and came to Italy
C) It helped the Europeans to become rich
D) Artists began painting about war
E) It reminded people about the civilization of Ancient Rome
  • 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) 7
B) 26
C) 12
D) 19
E) 45
  • 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) Tsar
B) President
C) Premier
D) King
E) Caliph
  • 20. How did Suleiman die?
A) He died from injuries sustained from being thrown from his horse
B) He became sick and died while on campaign in Hungary
C) He died in his palace from old age
D) He was assassinated by crossbow
E) He died in a major battle in India
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