Empires Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What happened when emperor of Rome, Constantine, decide to
create a "new rome"? -
correct answer ✅The Roman Empire crumbled and fell in 476, the
eastern half survived for 1,000 more years, spawning a rich
tradition of art, literature and learning and serving as a military
buffer between the states of Europe and the threat of invasion from
Asia.
When and why the Byzantine empire fell ? -
correct answer ✅The Byzantine Empire finally fell in 1453, after an
Ottoman army stormed Constantinople during the reign of
Constantine XI.
Purpose of Byzantinum -
correct answer ✅the site of Byzantium was ideally located to serve
as a transit and trade point between Europe and Asia Minor.
What was the official religion for Rome? -
correct answer ✅Five years earlier, at the Council of Nicaea,
Constantine had established Christianity (once an obscure Jewish
sect) as Rome's official religion.
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Empires Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What was Rome's culture ? -
correct answer ✅Christian, Greek, Latin
What is so special about the Byzantine empire ? -
correct answer ✅One of the most extraordinary aspects of the
Byzantine Empire was its longevity: It was the only organized state
west of China to survive without interruption from ancient times
until the beginning of the modern age.
Hard to get attacked due to bodies of water.
What took place after Constantine's death? -
correct answer ✅this unity proved illusory after his death in 337.
In 364, Emperor Valentinian I again divided the empire into western
and eastern sections, putting himself in power in the west and his
brother Valens in the east. The fate of the two regions diverged
greatly over the next several centuries. In the west, constant attacks
from German invaders such as the Visigoths broke the struggling
empire down piece by piece until Italy was the only territory left
under Roman control. In 476, the barbarian Odoacer overthrew the
last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustus, and Rome had fallen.