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Byzantine Empire
Contributed by: Moreno
  • 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) democratic monarch
B) republic
C) republican parliamentary democracy
D) monarchy
E) dictatorship
  • 4. Where did the name Turkey come from?
A) Former leader of Asian Minor decided to change the name to Turkey because that was his favorite bird
B) means "land of the Turks" that is what the people are called Turks
C) Constantine the Great moved the capital and changed the name
D) the bird that we eat during Thanksgiving
  • 5. Why were the people of Constantinople unhappy with Justinian's rule?
A) He took a German woman to be his wife.
B) He was a harsh ruler.
C) He implemented high taxes to pay for his armies and projects.
D) He killed 30,000 rioters.
  • 6. The Byzantine Empire is another name for
A) Macedonia
B) Western Roman Empire
C) Greece
D) Eastern Roman Empire
  • 7. Which of the following was an accomplishment to Justinian's rule?
A) Conquering Greece and Macedonia
B) Captured Italy and Rome and gave it to the pope.
C) Regaining much of Europe
D) restoring the Roman Empire
  • 8. What is the Justinian Law Code?
A) a collection of laws that protects the wealthy and paganism
B) a new law code that uses Hammurabi's code and the Ur Nammu Law code
C) a collection of laws that protects everyone
D) a new law code that uses Hammurabi's code and the Rosetta stone as a basis for law
  • 9. What city became the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
A) Babylon
B) Constantinople
C) Jerusalem
D) Rome
E) Alexandria
  • 10. How long did the Byzantine Empire remain in power after the fall of Rome and the Western Roman Empire?
A) 1000 years
B) 100 years
C) 2000 years
D) 500 years
E) 300 years
  • 11. What was the Corpus of Civil Law?
A) A single book that recorded all of the Roman laws
B) A test lawyers must pass before they could practice law
C) A list of people who had broken the law
D) A group of judges who decided the fate of criminals
E) A pledge that people said before the Roman court started
  • 12. What marked the end of the Byzantine Empire?
A) The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire
B) The death of Justinian I
C) The start of the Renaissance in Italy
D) The rise of the Russian Empire
E) The fall of the city of Rome to Odoacer
  • 13. Who founded the Ottoman Empire?
A) Mehmed II
B) Osman I
C) Julian II
D) Suleiman the Magnificent
E) Alexander the Great
  • 14. What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?
A) Constantinople
B) Budapest
C) Athens
D) Rome
E) Vienna
  • 15. In what way did the fall of Constantinople lead to the European Renaissance?
A) It put an end to all wars in Europe
B) It helped the Europeans to become rich
C) Many scholars and artists fled Constantinople and came to Italy
D) Artists began painting about war
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) False
B) True
  • 17. At what age did Suleiman become Sultan of the Ottoman Empire?
A) 7
B) 45
C) 19
D) 26
E) 12
  • 18. What region of the world did Suleiman conquer while he was emperor?
A) Lands and cities in Northern Africa
B) all of the above
C) Parts of Romania and Hungary
D) The lands of the Safavids in the Middle East
E) The Mediterranean Sea
  • 19. What title did Suleiman take as the leader of the Muslim world?
A) King
B) Caliph
C) President
D) Tsar
E) Premier
  • 20. How did Suleiman die?
A) He died from injuries sustained from being thrown from his horse
B) He became sick and died while on campaign in Hungary
C) He was assassinated by crossbow
D) He died in his palace from old age
E) He died in a major battle in India
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