Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Justinian 1 (Justinian the Great) -
correct answer ✅first great leader of the Byzantine Empire who
became emperor in 527
Belisarius -
correct answer ✅Justinian's gifted general
Theodora -
correct answer ✅Most famous and important woman in Byzantine
history and Justinian's wife
Heraclius -
correct answer ✅Emperor who defeated the Persians and the
Avars also created the position of "theme"
Leo 3 -
correct answer ✅Great general responsible for saving
Constantinople then become emporer (ruled 717-741)
, Chapter 10; The Byzantine Empire
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Basil 1 -
correct answer ✅Emporor who ruled 867-886 who led a
restoration of Byzantium's power
Basil 2 -
correct answer ✅Emperor who further reinforced its borders and
gained the province of Armenia
Seljuk Turks -
correct answer ✅nomadic, Islamic Turks from Asia that took much
of the middle east from arabs and threatened the Byzantines
Empire
Alexius Comnenus -
correct answer ✅Byzantine emperor who appealed to the
Roman church for Christian knights and the peoole of the west to
fight against the Turks
Ottoman Turks -
correct answer ✅New group of Turks that conquered the
Byzantine Empire laying an end to it