The Roman and byzantine empire’s unit test
1. Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire?
a) Julius Caesar
b) Augustus
c) Constantine
d) Nero
2. What event marked the official division of the Roman Empire into the Western and Eastern Roman Empires?
a) The sack of Rome by the Visigoths
b) The Battle of Adrianople
c) The Edict of Milan
d) The Council of Nicaea
3. Which city served as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire?
a) Rome
b) Constantinople
c) Athens
d) Alexandria
4. Which emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?
a) Constantine
b) Nero
c) Theodosius I
d) Diocletian
5. What was the official language of the Byzantine Empire?
a) Latin
b) Greek
c) Aramaic
d) Coptic
6. Who was the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire before its collapse in 476 AD?
a) Julius Caesar
b) Constantine
c) Romulus Augustulus
d) Augustus
7. Which event is considered the final end of the Roman Empire in the West?
a) The Edict of Milan
b) The fall of Constantinople
c) The sack of Rome by the Visigoths
d) The Battle of Adrianople
8. What was the Justinian Code?
a) A legal code created by the Byzantine emperor Justinian
b) A military strategy used by the Roman Empire
c) A religious doctrine adopted by the Eastern Roman Empire
d) An architectural style popular in the Byzantine Empire
9. What is the Hagia Sophia?
a) A famous Roman bathhouse
b) A Byzantine church that later became a mosque
c) A Roman amphitheater
d) A Roman market
10. Who was the Byzantine general who reconquered much of the Western Roman Empire territories in the 6th century?
a) Heraclius
b) Belisarius
c) Justinian
d) Constantine