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Questions
1. What were the main two sources of Constantinople's economic wellbeing?
Religious icon manufacture and agriculture
Taxes and trade at its port
Precious metals and silk
Monasteries and the book trade
2. What are Byzantine monasteries credited with preserving through the Middle Ages?
The basic architectural design of the mosque
Greek and Roman literature
the secret of making silk
Greek methods of sculpture
3. The most distinct artistic contribution of the Byzantine Empire was the
minaret
arch
column
mosaic
4. A serf is best described as
a member of the Byzantine nobility
a knight in the Byzantine feudal hierarchy
a farm worker legally bound to his landlord
a tax evader in the Byzantine Empire
5. What was Justin's relationship to Justinian I?
Uncle who recognized his abilities and made him co-emperor until his own death
Son who attempted unsuccessfully to overthrow him
Brother who was his closest adviser
Distant cousin who assumed the throne at the end of the civil war following his death
6. During the reign of Justinian, the Vandals
overran the Byzantine Empire, nearly destroying it
destroyed a whole legion of soldiers, ending Byzantine expansion
were soundly defeated by the Byzantines in North Africa
settled in southern Italy and were perceived as a major security issue
7. What was Theodora's role in the Nika Rebellion?
She convinced Justinian not to run from the rioters.
She provoked the riot by antagonizing the Greens
She led a band of soldiers against the Blues.
She was on a diplomatic mission overseas and therefore had no role.
8. Belisarius is best remembered as
the leader of the Greens in the Nika Rebellion
Justinian's successful military general
the supervisor of the project to update Roman law
the respected leader of the defeated Ostrogoths
9. The Byzantine Procopius is known for
reconquering much of the old Roman Empire
leading a rebellion against an unpopular tax system
writing a multivolume history of Justinian's reign
designing the Hagia Sophia