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Chapter 9: Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe

Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

This activity contains 17 questions.

	The significance of the Byzantine Empire included all of the following except   the ability of the empire to spread its cultural and political influence to the Balkans and southern Russia. the empire's conquest of the Ottoman Empire and its inclusion of all of the Middle East. the spread of Orthodox Christianity. the empire's ability to survive for almost a thousand years. the importance of the empire's capital at Constantinople as a major urban center.

	Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the cultural influence of the Byzantine Empire?   The Byzantine Empire survived beyond the existence of its successor states. The Byzantine Empire alone had a cultural impact on the continent of Africa. the Byzantine Empire was little more than an extension of the Islamic civilization. The Byzantine Empire kept the memory of Rome alive. Ultimately, the empire's most important stepchild was Russia.

	The capital of the Byzantine Empire and its commercial center was located at   Constantinople. Ravenna. Baghdad. Nicaea. Rome.

	The Byzantine Empire began   in the 9th century, with the missionary work of Cyril and Methodius. in the 5th century C.E., with the fall of Rome. in the 1st century C.E., during the reign of Augustus. In the 6th century C.E., when Greek became the official language. in the 4th century C.E., with the founding of Constantinople.

	The great church built by Justinian was   the Hagia Sophia. the Cathedral of St. Dimitry. the Cathedral of Sts. Cyril and Methodius. the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. St. Peter's.

	From the reign of Justinian, the official language of the eastern empire was   Persian. Arabic. Latin. Turkish. Greek.

	Which of the following represents one of Justinian's positive accomplishments?   the rebuilding of Rome implementing a new tax code systematizing of the Roman legal code the banning of prostitution within the Byzantine Empire the conquest of Gaul

	Belisarius was   a former prostitute and the wife of Justinian. the patriarch of Constantinople responsible for initiating the iconoclastic controversy. the author of the Body of Civil Law. the Byzantine general responsible for much of the military success during Justinian's reign. the builder responsible for the Hagia Sophia.

	Which of the following was a result of Justinian's wars of reconquest?   the loss of the Balkans to the Germans weakening of the empire's defenses on its eastern frontiers with the Persians Justinian's resignation as emperor the permanent addition of North Africa and Italy to the Byzantine Empire the gain of a great deal of Middle Eastern territory.

	Which of the following was a result of the conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslims?   The position of the small farmers in the empire was weakened as a result of heavy taxation, resulting in greater aristocratic estates. The commercial significance of Constantinople was destroyed by the eighth century, forcing the Byzantine Empire to depend increasingly on trade with the West. The Arab threat to the Byzantine Empire was permanently removed. The Byzantine Empire was able to recover the provinces of Syria and Egypt, thus regaining valuable agricultural land and increased wealth. The army and navy were no longer top priorities in the Byzantine Empire.

	What people provided the most serious challenge to Byzantine authority in the Balkan peninsula?   the Huns the Magyars the Bulgars the Arab Muslims the Germans

	The military force of the Byzantine Empire   was made up entirely of slaves. was impermanent, only recruited for the few military crises of the empire. was a paid, professional army located in Constantinople. was recruited from peasants of the empire in return for grants of heritable land. was recruited almost entirely from "barbarians" outside the empire's frontiers.

	Which of the following statements concerning urbanization in the Byzantine Empire is not accurate?   Like China, the Byzantine Empire was heavily urbanized with many cities numbering more than 100,000. Older urban centers, such as Athens, declined during the Byzantine Empire. The empire developed a far-flung trading network. Constantinople controlled the economy and grew to enormous size. Aside from Constantinople, other cities in the Byzantine Empire were relatively small.

	Images of religious objects venerated as part of the religious practices of the Orthodox Church were called   mosaics. icons. iconoclasm. filioque. brilliants.

	Cyril and Methodius were responsible for what accomplishment?   the conversion of Poland and Czechoslovakia to Orthodox Christianity the creation of a written script for the Slavic language the strict use of Latin in Orthodox churches the conversion of Poland and Czechoslovakia to Roman Catholicism the ending of the iconoclastic controversy

	Who was Rurik?   the Kievan monarch responsible for a codification of laws the Kievan monarch responsible for the conversion of Russia to Orthodox Christianity the Mongol commander responsible for the conquest of Kievan Russia the legendary Scandinavian who became the first king of Kievan Rus' the Kievan monarch responsible for the development of the Cyrillic alphabet.

	When did Constantinople fall to the Turks?   1071 1240-1241 1453 1236 1500

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