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Chapter 12 Quiz Form A 1. Hagia Sophia was A) the wife of Justinian. B) the legal foundation for Justinian’s code of laws. C) a magnificent domed church in Constantinople. D) the arena in Constantinople where chariot races were held. E) the narrow strait dividing Europe from Asia at Constantinople. 2. Justinian's most important and long-lasting political achievement was A) his reconquest of the western half of the Roman empire. B) his democratic reforms. C) his religious compromise between the Roman Catholic and the Greek Orthodox churches. D) his codification of Roman law. E) his establishment of a lasting peace with the Islamic world. C) Bulgars. D) Ottoman Turks. E) Mongols. 4. Saints Methodius and Cyril A) converted the Slavs to Roman Catholicism. B) invented the Cyrillic alphabet. C) died while trying to convert the Mongols. D) were the first “pillar saints.” E) led the Fourth Crusade. 5. According to Procopius, two sixth century Christian monks undertook an elaborate smuggling operation to provide Byzantium with the expertise to produce A) steel. B) iron. C) ceramics. D) gun powder. E) silk. 3. In a disaster from which the Byzantine Empire never really recovered, Constantinople was sacked in 1204 by A) Christian Crusaders. B) Saljuk Turks. Chapter 12 Quiz Form B 1. Byzantium’s major advantage was A) its position as the greatest trading center of the Greek world. B) its huge army. C) its strategic position on a narrow strait between Europe and Asia D) its magnificent library which contained the cultural treasures of the Hellenistic world. E) its status as the most populous city in the Mediterranean basin. 2. The mixture of secular and religious authority which marked Constantine's reign as well as that of the Byzantine emperors is known as A) Byzantion. B) caesaropapism. C) corpus iuris civilis. D) secularism. E) divine right rule. 3. The theme system A) weakened the peasantry by taking peasant land away. B) made land available to the peasants in return for military service. C) led to the break between the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches. D) limited the religious authority of the Byzantine emperors. E) was the foundation of the Byzantine educational structure. 4. The most important political feature of the Byzantine state was A) its docile acceptance of Rome’s superiority. B) its republican governmental structure that resembled early Rome. C) its tightly centralized rule under a powerful emperor. D) its division of power under the tetrarchs. E) its reliance on Achaemenid ruling principles. 5. By the 16th century, Russians had begun to think of Moscow as A) the trading center of Eastern Europe. B) the most powerful military power in the world. C) the third Rome. D) the eastern outpost of Roman Catholicism. E) the new Athens.