- 1. When was the Byzantine Empire founded?
A) 711 AD
B) 330 AD
C) 476 AD
D) 632 AD
- 2. Which city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
A) Constantinople
B) Rome
C) Alexandria
D) Athens
- 3. Who was the emperor known for creating the Justinian Code of laws?
A) Theodora
B) Constantine the Great
C) Basil II
D) Justinian I
- 4. What was the official language of the Byzantine Empire?
A) Coptic
B) Arabic
C) Latin
D) Greek
- 5. What was the name of the famous Byzantine general who reconquered much of the former Western Roman Empire?
A) Nikephoros II
B) Heraclius
C) Basil II
D) Belisarius
- 6. Which architectural feature is characteristic of Byzantine churches?
A) Spire
B) Dome
C) Minaret
D) Pyramid
- 7. What was the term for the heavily armored cavalry that formed the backbone of the Byzantine army?
A) Legionnaires
B) Hoplites
C) Cataphracts
D) Samurai
- 8. What was the title given to the ruler of a Byzantine theme?
A) Strategos
B) Viceroy
C) Emir
D) Chancellor
- 9. Which major event in 1054 led to the schism between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church?
A) Great Schism
B) Council of Chalcedon
C) Council of Nicaea
D) Iconoclasm Controversy
- 10. What event marked the final conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire in 1453?
A) Battle of Manzikert
B) Sack of Constantinople
C) Third Crusade
D) Fall of Constantinople
- 11. Which famous scientific work by Ptolemy was influential in the Byzantine Empire?
A) Elements
B) De Materia Medica
C) Almagest
D) Geographia
- 12. What was the name for the law in the Byzantine Empire based on Roman law combined with elements of Greek law?
A) Napoleonic Code
B) Code of Ur-Nammu
C) Justinian Code
D) Hammurabi's Code
- 13. What was the name of the elite Byzantine guard unit that protected the Emperor?
A) Varangian Guard
B) Royal Guard
C) Imperial Guard
D) Praetorian Guard
- 14. Who was the Byzantine Emperor known for implementing the policy of iconoclasm?
A) Heraclius
B) Leo III
C) Justinian I
D) Constantine the Great
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