NAME ______________________________________History _____ Date _____________

TEST: Byzantine Empire

Directions: Circle the letter of the best answer.
1. Which of the following events happened first?
A. The Roman capital moved to Byzantium.
B. The Roman Empire fell.
C. The pope crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor.
D. The Great Schism divided the Roman Empire.
2. Byzantine emperor Leo III established the policy of iconoclasm that
forbid the use of icons because
A. he wanted to have more paintings of Jesus in the churches.
B. he believed people needed more pictures to help them pray.
C. he thought people were wrongly worshiping pictures and not God.
D. he did not like the style of the religious pictures in Constantinople.
3. What made Constantinople an ideal location for a capital?
A. It had a Hippodrome, sewer system, and public baths.
B. It was on a peninsula.
C. It was on an agricultural plain between two rivers.
D. It had a huge stone wall around the entire city.
4. After the riots of 532 C.E., who rebuilt Constantinople?
A. the Patriarch
B. Justinian
C. Leo III
D. Constantine
6. How was the economy of Constantinople different from most of the towns
in medieval Europe?
A. Most of the people in Europe lived in poverty.
B. Constantinople required more taxes to rebuild the Hippodrome.
C. Constantinople had extensive trade.
D. Constantinople had extensive agriculture.
7. How did the Byzantines react when Pope Leo crowned Charlemagne
emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?
A. It didnt affect them because it wasnt their pope or empire.
B. They were angry because Charlemagne wanted them to be Christians
C. They were angry because Charlemagne wanted to move the capital
D. They thought their Empress Irene should have been crowned
8. The disagreements between the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern
Orthodox Church eventually led to
A. The destruction of Hagia Sophia.
B. Iconoclasm policy.
C. The Great Schism.
D. The Patriarch becoming military leader.
9. Where was the Byzantine Empire located?
A. It extended from Asia Minor, to Greece, to North Africa, to Spain.
B. It extended from Asia Minor, to Greece, to Russia, to Egypt.
D. It was in the Middle East and the country of Turkey.
E. It was in Asia Minor and the country of Turkey.
10. If you were visiting the Hagia Sophia today, where would you be ?
A. Constantinople
B. Istanbul
C. the Byzantine Empire
D. Greece.
DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blank with a word that best completes each
sentence.
1. The Byzantine Empire was eventually conquered by the
__________________________________ ________________.
2. The head of the Roman Catholic Church is the
________________________, but the head of the Eastern

Orthodox Church is the ____________________.
3. _________________________ reorganized thousands of Roman Laws. His
reorganization of laws is called ____________________ ________________.
and is the basis for many legal codes in the western world today.
4. Bridges, public baths, parks, and hospitals are examples of ________________
works ordered by the Emperor Justinian.

DIRECTIONS: Match the letter with the description.
1. _______ She told her husband to stop the riots. A. reign
2. _______ in agreement with the right belief B. icon
3. _______ schism C. Empress Irene
4. _______ period of time that a monarch rules D. orthodox
5. _______ competitor of Charlemagne E. Empress Theodora
6. ______ picture of religious figure F. a division or split

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