1. One way in which the Justinian Code and the Napoleonic 3. Base your answer to the following question on the
Code are similar is that both
photograph below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
A) made slavery unacceptable
B) gave people a set of rules to follow
C) treated all equally under the law
D) provided for religious freedom
2. The strategic location of the Byzantine Empire allowed
control of the key trade routes between the
A)
B)
C)
D)
South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca
Caspian Sea and the Indian Ocean
North Sea and the English Channel
Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
Which civilization most influenced the style of Russian
architecture shown in this photograph?
A) Umayyad
C) French
B) Byzantine
D) Persian
4. Which region had the greatest influence on the historical
and cultural development of the Byzantine Empire?
A) Mesoamerica
C) Rome
B) India
D) Egypt
5. The Byzantine Empire influenced the development of
Russia by
A)
B)
C)
D)
preventing Mongol invasions
destroying the power of the legislature
establishing the potato as a staple food
introducing Eastern Orthodox beliefs
6. Base your answer to the following question on the photographs below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
The cultural contributions shown in these photographs were developed during the
A) Mesopotamian civilizations
C) Tang dynasty
B) Pax Romana
D) Byzantine Empire
7. Which historic figure is correctly paired with the empire
he ruled?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Charlemagne – Spanish Empire
Peter the Great – Ottoman Empire
Justinian – Byzantine Empire
Sulieman the Magnificent – Russian Empire
8. Base your answer to the following question on the map below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Which conclusion about the Roman world around AD 526 can be drawn from the information on this map?
A)
B)
C)
D)
The Gauls dominated trade on the Mediterranean Sea.
Rome was the capital of the entire western region.
The eastern region was unified under the Byzantine Empire.
The division between eastern and western Rome followed natural boundaries
9. • Justinian issues a new code of laws.
• Greek culture is preserved.
• A split develops in Christianity between the Roman
Catholics and Orthodox Christians.
Which empire is most closely associated with these
statements?
A) Byzantine
C) Mughal
B) Persian
D) British
10. The early Russian civilization adopted the Eastern
Orthodox religion, the Cyrillic alphabet, and different
styles of art and architecture through contact with
A)
B)
C)
D)
traders from China
conquering Mongol invaders
Vikings from northern Europe
missionaries from the Byzantine Empire
11. Base your answer to the following question on the
graphic organizer below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
12. Base your answer to the following question on the map
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Which item best completes this graphic organizer?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Development of the Wheel
Preservation of Greek and Roman Culture
Creation of the Compass
Utilization of Cuneiform Which item best
completes this graphic organizer?
Based on the information provided by this map, which
statement about Constantinople is accurate?
A) Africans traded more goods in Constantinople than
in any other area.
B) Constantinople was a city located on the
Mediterranean Sea.
C) Gold was the primary commodity that China sent
to Constantinople.
D) Constantinople was an important trading center.
13. Base your answer to the following question on the
quotation below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
...The circumference of the city of Constantinople is
eighteen miles, one-half of the city being bounded by
the continent, the other by the sea, two arms of which
meet here; the one a branch or outlet of the Russian, the
other of the Spanish sea. Great stir and bustle prevails
[dominates] at Constantinople in consequence of the
conflux [meeting] of many merchants, who resort
thither [ come there], both by land and by sea, from all
parts of the world for purposes of trade, including
merchants from Babylon and from Mesopotamia, from
Media and Persia, from Egypt and Palestine, as well as
from Russia, Hungary, Patzinakia, Budia, Lombardy
and Spain. In this respect the city is equalled only by
Bagdad, the metropolis of the Mahometans...
–Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela
Manuel Komroff, ed., Contemporaries of Marco Polo,
Boni Liveright
This author would most likely agree with the idea that
the
A) size of Constantinople limited trade
B) cites of western Europe were more impressive than
Constantinople
C) location of Constantinople contributed to its
prosperity
D) government of Constantinople failed to provide
order
14. The Justinian Code is considered a milestone because it
A) preserved many ancient Chinese legal decrees in
writing
B) served as a model for European legal systems
C) became the first democratic constitution
D) united Muslim and Roman thought
15. Constantinople became the center of the Byzantine
Empire because
A) the pope had made it the capital of the Christian
world
B) it was a religious center for Muslims
C) its location made it the crossroads of Europe and
Asia
D) it was geographically isolated from surrounding
empires
16. The Byzantine Empire made its most important
contribution to later civilizations by
A) recognizing the Pope as the head of the Byzantine
Church
B) preserving much of the Greco-Roman heritage
C) establishing trade routes to the Americas
D) encouraging the spread of Buddhism
17. "Western Europe owed a debt of gratitude to the
Empire that for almost a thousand years ensured the
survival of Christianity during a time when Europe was
too weak to accomplish the task."
Which empire is referred to in this quotation?
A) Hellenistic
C) Byzantine
B) Mongol
D) Ottoman