1.One way in which the Justinian Code and the Napoleonic 3 ...teachers.northsalemschools.org/Asset/User/JSharpe/Byzantine... · architecture shown in this photograph? A) ... introducing

A) made slavery unacceptableB) gave people a set of rules to followC) treated all equally under the lawD) provided for religious freedom

1. One way in which the Justinian Code and the NapoleonicCode are similar is that both

A) South China Sea and the Strait of MalaccaB) Caspian Sea and the Indian OceanC) North Sea and the English ChannelD) Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

2. The strategic location of the Byzantine Empire allowedcontrol of the key trade routes between the

3. Base your answer to the following question on thephotograph below and on your knowledge of socialstudies.

A) Umayyad B) ByzantineC) French D) Persian

Which civilization most influenced the style of Russianarchitecture shown in this photograph?

A) Mesoamerica B) IndiaC) Rome D) Egypt

4. Which region had the greatest influence on the historicaland cultural development of the Byzantine Empire?

A) preventing Mongol invasionsB) destroying the power of the legislatureC) establishing the potato as a staple foodD) introducing Eastern Orthodox beliefs

5. The Byzantine Empire influenced the development ofRussia by

6. Base your answer to the following question on the photographs below and on your knowledge of socialstudies.

A) Mesopotamian civilizations B) Pax RomanaC) Tang dynasty D) Byzantine Empire

The cultural contributions shown in these photographs were developed during the

A) Charlemagne – Spanish EmpireB) Peter the Great – Ottoman EmpireC) Justinian – Byzantine EmpireD) Sulieman the Magnificent – Russian Empire

7. Which historic figure is correctly paired with the empirehe ruled?

8. Base your answer to the following question on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.

A) The Gauls dominated trade on the Mediterranean Sea.B) Rome was the capital of the entire western region.C) The eastern region was unified under the Byzantine Empire.D) The division between eastern and western Rome followed natural boundaries

Which conclusion about the Roman world around AD 526 can be drawn from the information on this map?

A) Byzantine B) PersianC) Mughal D) British

9. • Justinian issues a new code of laws.• Greek culture is preserved.• A split develops in Christianity between the RomanCatholics and Orthodox Christians.

Which empire is most closely associated with thesestatements?

A) traders from ChinaB) conquering Mongol invadersC) Vikings from northern EuropeD) missionaries from the Byzantine Empire

10. The early Russian civilization adopted the EasternOrthodox religion, the Cyrillic alphabet, and differentstyles of art and architecture through contact with

11. Base your answer to the following question on thegraphic organizer below and on your knowledge ofsocial studies.

A) Development of the WheelB) Preservation of Greek and Roman CultureC) Creation of the CompassD) Utilization of Cuneiform Which item best

completes this graphic organizer?

Which item best completes this graphic organizer?

12. Base your answer to the following question on the mapbelow and on your knowledge of social studies.

A) Africans traded more goods in Constantinople thanin any other area.

B) Constantinople was a city located on theMediterranean Sea.

C) Gold was the primary commodity that China sentto Constantinople.

D) Constantinople was an important trading center.

Based on the information provided by this map, whichstatement about Constantinople is accurate?

13. Base your answer to the following question on thequotation below and on your knowledge of socialstudies.

...The circumference of the city of Constantinople iseighteen miles, one-half of the city being bounded bythe continent, the other by the sea, two arms of whichmeet here; the one a branch or outlet of the Russian, theother of the Spanish sea. Great stir and bustle prevails[dominates] at Constantinople in consequence of theconflux [meeting] of many merchants, who resortthither [ come there], both by land and by sea, from allparts of the world for purposes of trade, includingmerchants from Babylon and from Mesopotamia, fromMedia and Persia, from Egypt and Palestine, as well asfrom Russia, Hungary, Patzinakia, Budia, Lombardyand Spain. In this respect the city is equalled only byBagdad, the metropolis of the Mahometans...

–Rabbi Benjamin of TudelaManuel Komroff, ed., Contemporaries of Marco Polo,Boni Liveright

A) size of Constantinople limited tradeB) cites of western Europe were more impressive than

ConstantinopleC) location of Constantinople contributed to its

prosperityD) government of Constantinople failed to provide

order

This author would most likely agree with the idea thatthe

A) preserved many ancient Chinese legal decrees inwriting

B) served as a model for European legal systemsC) became the first democratic constitutionD) united Muslim and Roman thought

14. The Justinian Code is considered a milestone because it

A) the pope had made it the capital of the Christianworld

B) it was a religious center for MuslimsC) its location made it the crossroads of Europe and

AsiaD) it was geographically isolated from surrounding

empires

15. Constantinople became the center of the ByzantineEmpire because

A) recognizing the Pope as the head of the ByzantineChurch

B) preserving much of the Greco-Roman heritageC) establishing trade routes to the AmericasD) encouraging the spread of Buddhism

16. The Byzantine Empire made its most importantcontribution to later civilizations by

A) Hellenistic B) MongolC) Byzantine D) Ottoman

17. "Western Europe owed a debt of gratitude to theEmpire that for almost a thousand years ensured thesurvival of Christianity during a time when Europe wastoo weak to accomplish the task."

Which empire is referred to in this quotation?