The Byzantine Empire Study Guide
Exam Actual Questions and Answers
2026
What does the Eastern side of the Roman Empire become? -
correct answer ✅the Byzantine Empire
Previous name of Constantinople? -
correct answer ✅Byzantine
What was Europe's biggest marketplace? -
correct answer ✅Trade Routes
What was the Hippodrome? -
correct answer ✅an athletic/social center used for horse and
chariot races
Who helped to acheive the biggest size of the Empire? -
correct answer ✅Emperor Justinian
What did the Byzantines conquer under Justinian? -
correct answer ✅North Africa, Italy, southern Spain (and tried to
revive ancient Rome)
, The Byzantine Empire Study Guide
Exam Actual Questions and Answers
2026
What is the Hagia Sophia? -
correct answer ✅-built by Justinian
-means Holy Wisdom of Saint Sophia
-built as a Church, but is now a Mosque
What does Corpus Juris Civilis mean? -
correct answer ✅Body of Civil Law
What was the name of Justinian's Body of Civil Law? -
correct answer ✅Justinian's Code
What is Justinian's code? -
correct answer ✅a collection of revised ancient Roman laws that
includes laws, decrees, and legal writings
Whose laws were modeled from Justinian's Code? -
correct answer ✅Medeival Europe
How did Justinian rule? (what type of power) -
correct answer ✅Autocratic power
Exam Actual Questions and Answers
2026
What does the Eastern side of the Roman Empire become? -
correct answer ✅the Byzantine Empire
Previous name of Constantinople? -
correct answer ✅Byzantine
What was Europe's biggest marketplace? -
correct answer ✅Trade Routes
What was the Hippodrome? -
correct answer ✅an athletic/social center used for horse and
chariot races
Who helped to acheive the biggest size of the Empire? -
correct answer ✅Emperor Justinian
What did the Byzantines conquer under Justinian? -
correct answer ✅North Africa, Italy, southern Spain (and tried to
revive ancient Rome)
, The Byzantine Empire Study Guide
Exam Actual Questions and Answers
2026
What is the Hagia Sophia? -
correct answer ✅-built by Justinian
-means Holy Wisdom of Saint Sophia
-built as a Church, but is now a Mosque
What does Corpus Juris Civilis mean? -
correct answer ✅Body of Civil Law
What was the name of Justinian's Body of Civil Law? -
correct answer ✅Justinian's Code
What is Justinian's code? -
correct answer ✅a collection of revised ancient Roman laws that
includes laws, decrees, and legal writings
Whose laws were modeled from Justinian's Code? -
correct answer ✅Medeival Europe
How did Justinian rule? (what type of power) -
correct answer ✅Autocratic power
