Byzantine Empire

1. True or False: Turkey is larger than Texas

A) true
B) false

2. Which is a natural resource for Turkey?

A) cotton
B) tobacco
C) limestone
D) metal
E) apparel

3. What is the type of government in Turkey?

A) monarchy
B) republic
C) republican parliamentary democracy
D) democratic monarch
E) dictatorship

4. Where did the name Turkey come from?

A) Constantine the Great moved the capital and changed the name
B) the bird that we eat during Thanksgiving
C) Former leader of Asian Minor decided to change the name to Turkey because that was his favorite bird
D) means "land of the Turks" that is what the people are called Turks

5. Why were the people of Constantinople unhappy with Justinian's rule?

A) He implemented high taxes to pay for his armies and projects.
B) He killed 30,000 rioters.
C) He took a German woman to be his wife.
D) He was a harsh ruler.

6. The Byzantine Empire is another name for

A) Western Roman Empire
B) Macedonia
C) Greece
D) Eastern Roman Empire

7. Which of the following was an accomplishment to Justinian's rule?

A) Regaining much of Europe
B) restoring the Roman Empire
C) Conquering Greece and Macedonia
D) Captured Italy and Rome and gave it to the pope.

8. What is the Justinian Law Code?

A) a new law code that uses Hammurabi's code and the Rosetta stone as a basis for law
B) a collection of laws that protects everyone
C) a collection of laws that protects the wealthy and paganism
D) a new law code that uses Hammurabi's code and the Ur Nammu Law code

9. What city became the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

A) Babylon
B) Alexandria
C) Constantinople
D) Rome
E) Jerusalem

10. How long did the Byzantine Empire remain in power after the fall of Rome and the Western Roman Empire?

A) 500 years
B) 2000 years
C) 300 years
D) 100 years
E) 1000 years

11. What was the Corpus of Civil Law?

A) A single book that recorded all of the Roman laws
B) A list of people who had broken the law
C) A group of judges who decided the fate of criminals
D) A pledge that people said before the Roman court started
E) A test lawyers must pass before they could practice law

12. What marked the end of the Byzantine Empire?

A) The start of the Renaissance in Italy
B) The death of Justinian I
C) The fall of the city of Rome to Odoacer
D) The rise of the Russian Empire
E) The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire

13. Who founded the Ottoman Empire?

A) Julian II
B) Alexander the Great
C) Mehmed II
D) Osman I
E) Suleiman the Magnificent

14. What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?

A) Vienna
B) Constantinople
C) Budapest
D) Athens
E) Rome

15. In what way did the fall of Constantinople lead to the European Renaissance?

A) Artists began painting about war
B) It put an end to all wars in Europe
C) Many scholars and artists fled Constantinople and came to Italy
D) It helped the Europeans to become rich
E) It reminded people about the civilization of Ancient Rome

16. True or False: The Ottomans required that all the peoples they conquered converted to the Islamic religion or they were executed.

A) True
B) False

17. At what age did Suleiman become Sultan of the Ottoman Empire?

A) 19
B) 45
C) 26
D) 12
E) 7

18. What region of the world did Suleiman conquer while he was emperor?

A) The Mediterranean Sea
B) Lands and cities in Northern Africa
C) The lands of the Safavids in the Middle East
D) all of the above
E) Parts of Romania and Hungary

19. What title did Suleiman take as the leader of the Muslim world?

A) Premier
B) King
C) Caliph
D) President
E) Tsar

20. How did Suleiman die?

A) He was assassinated by crossbow
B) He died from injuries sustained from being thrown from his horse
C) He died in a major battle in India
D) He became sick and died while on campaign in Hungary
E) He died in his palace from old age

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