Geography
The Roman Empire framed this sea
Mediterranean
The expansion or growth of the Roman and Byzantine Empires allowed what language to grow?
Latin language
The Byzantine Empire increased the popularity of Christianity? True or False
True
Why was Constantinople able to establish trade with Asia?
Its location, peninsula , crossroads
Name an Architectural achievement of Justinian
Hagia Sophia, bridges, government buildings, dams, bridges
Which capital city was located on the Italian peninsula?
Rome
Which city became the crossroads of trade after the split of the Roman Empire?
Constantinople
What was the name of the church that Justinian built?
Hagai Sophia
What was the name of the capital city before it was changed?
Byzantium
Name a social achievement of Justinian
schools for boys, women could own land
What made the Byzantine capital of Constantinople easier to defend?
It was located on a peninsula
The Byzantine Empire was the Western Roman Empire. True or False
False
What term best describes the spread of Christianity and the Latin Language due to the division of the Roman Empire.
diffusion
Which Emperor moved the capital city to Byzantium?
Emperor Constantine
Name the updated codified laws created by Justinian
The Justinian Code
What was the name of the Eastern Roman Empire?
The Byzantine Empire
Which Roman empire was able to continue many of the traditions and culture of Europe? The Eastern or Western Roman Empire
The Eastern Roman Empire
Which type of Christianity did the Byzantine Empire practice; the Roman Catholic faith or the Greek Orthodox faith?
Greek Orthodox
What is the modern day name for Constantinople?
Istanbul
What was Justinians role or position in the Byzantine Empire?
Emperor
What made it more difficult for civilizations like the Muslims to expand into Europe from the east?
The geographic location of the city of Constantinople
What helped to define the laws of the Byzantine Empire?
The Justinian Code
When the Roman empire split, what else also split?
The Church (Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox)
Why was Constantinople a good location for the movement of trade goods?
seas connected to the Mediterranean
Justinian was not able to increase the lands controlled by the Byzantine Empire. True or False
False