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Asterisk (*) indicates correct answer.
- Which of the following does not reflect achievements of Emperor Justinian?
A. Codification of laws
B. Trade expansion
C. Creation of Cyrillic alphabet*
D. Reuniting former Roman territories
- What language was used by the Byzantine Church?
A. Latin
B. Roman
C. Greek*
D. Cyrillic
- The Byzantine Empire developed
A. after the fall of Rome.*
B. after the fall of Greece.
C. during the rise of Russia.
D. during the rise of England.
- The Byzantine Empire was called the Second Rome because it preserved Roman art, literature, and Christianity among other things. What civilization called itself the Third Rome?
A. England
B. Russia*
C. The Vatican
D. France
- All of the following are characteristics of the Western Church EXCEPT:
A. It was centered in Constantinople.*
B. Latin was the dominant language.
C. The Church had tremendous political power.
D. Emperors accepted authority of the Pope.
- Which of the following represents the best description for the word patriarch from 300 B.C. to 100 AD?
A. The head of a Seljuk Mosque
B. A general opposed to influence of Islam on Christianity
C. The head of the Russian government
D. The head of the Byzantine Church*
- Christianity in western Europe can best be classified as
A. Greek Orthodox.
B. Russian Christendom.
C. Roman Catholic.*
D. Byzantine Christian.
- Which was NOT a disagreement over Christianity between Eastern and Western Europe?
A. Authority of Pope
B. Language
C. Practice of celibacy
D. The Bible as the basis of faith*
- The faith adopted by Prince Vladimir of Russia was
A. Christianity.*
B. Islam.
C. Judaism.
D. Buddhism.
- What did Byzantine monks create to help newly converted Russians?
A. Inexpensive Bibles
B. The Cyrillic alphabet*
C. Mosques
D. Hymnals
Select one or more of the following as part of student assessment:
A. Find or make an appropriate map and have students identify the following: Byzantium territory, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, Constantinople.
B. Find a picture of a mosaic and ask students to identify the art form.
C. Find or sketch a picture of the Hagia Sophia and ask students to identify its name and its architectural structures.
D. Find or sketch a picture of a Russian church and ask students what architectural style they borrowed from Byzantium (onion-shaped domes).
E. Shade in Byzantine and Russian territories on a map and have students identify either or both.
F. Find a map that shows Byzantine trade routes and have students identify what was traded as well as answer basic questions about latitude/longitude, direction, and scale.
G. Give students a passage from Justinian’s Code or another source. Ask them to identify whether the text is a primary or secondary source and to interpret information from the passage.
H. Take dates from the timeline created in class and create questions. For example: How many years ago did the Mongol army invade and conquer Russia?
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