Unit 1: Byzantine and Arab Civilization PDF

Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________________________ Unit 1: Byzantine and Arab Civilization Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. (100 pts) ____ 1. Based on the map,...

Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________________________ Unit 1: Byzantine and Arab Civilization Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. (100 pts) ____ 1. Based on the map, what can you conclude about the extend of the Byzantine Empire under Justinian I’s rule? a. Justinian expanded the empire into c. Justinian expanded the empire into areas unconquered territories across Asia of the former Western Roman Empire b. Justinian expanded the empire into three d. Justinian expanded the empire to the east continents: Europe, Africa, and Asia of the Mediterranean Sea ____ 2. What was Constantine the Great’s impact on the Byzantine Empire? a. His strong military forces reconquered the c. He transformed Byzantine into a “New lands that once encompassed the Western Rome,” which continued Roman traditions Roman Empire and opened a major trade center b. He moved “New Rome,” the capital of the d. His weak military allowed for invasion by empire, to its present-day location in enemy forces and the loss of “New Rome” Rome, Italy ____ 3. What is the significance of the Code of Justinian? a. This unified set of laws preserved the core c. This unified set of laws rejected the core of Roman law and still influences of Roman law and made laws easier to international law today. understand. b. This unified set of laws allowed the d. This unified set of laws protected the elite veneration of icons and ended the and are the basis of modern international Iconoclast controversy. law. ____ 4. Which statement explains an effect of the Iconoclast controversy?  Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________________________ a. The controversy helped unify the eastern c. The controversy marked the end of the and western branches of the Christian eastern branch of the Christian Church. Church. b. The controversy made the banning of d. The controversy helped define and unify Christian icons a rule that still stands the eastern branch of the Christian today. Church. ____ 5. What were the effects of the plague on the Byzantine Empire? a. stagnation, population decline, decline in urban society b. population decline, religious division, increase in trade c. population decline, increase in urban society, expansion d. increase in travel, military expansion, religious unity ____ 6. Who is Muhammad to Muslims specifically? a. The first religious prophet b. The founder of Islam c. The last messenger of God d. The Son of God ____ 7. Which statement correctly compares Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? a. Jews and Christians worship God through the same holidays and rituals. b. All three religions accept Jesus as the chosen Son of God. c. All three religions honor Abraham and Moses as prophets. d. Jews and Muslims honor Muhammad as a prophet. ____ 8. Which present-day calendars are based on the movement of the moon? a. Muslim and Jewish b. Jewish and Gregorian c. Gregorian and Chinese d. Chinese and Muslim ____ 9. Which person is considered the greatest physician of the Islamic Golden Age? a. Ibn Rushd c. Ibn Sina b. Al-Razi d. Al-Mamun ____ 10. What caused the Shiite and Sunni split? a. They disagreed about who received c. They disagreed about the expansion of dhimmitude status Islam b. They disagreed about who should be d. They disagreed about the Five Pillars of caliph Islam  Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________________________ ____ 11. The Iconoclast Controversy of the 8th and 9th centuries caused sharp discord among Christians in the Byzantine Empire, yet the overall effect of the controversy was to unify the eastern Christian Church. How could this be? Describe the causes and effects of the Iconoclast Controversy. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____ 12. Many of the world’s great civilizations have enjoyed a golden age, a period of remarkable cultural achievement. How did the Islamic Golden Age preserve and expand upon the Golden Age of Greece? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____ 13. Early Muslims recognized some connection to Jews and Christians, giving these “people of the book” protected status with some privileges that they did not afford to other non-Muslims. What was their basis for doing so? Compare and contrast key beliefs of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____ 14. Fill in the blanks: The Sunni followed the ____________, which means ____________, in Arabic. ____ 15. The year Muhammad was visited by Angel Gabriel is the same year the Quba Mosque was built. a. True b. False