Grade 7 · World history
This quiz helps revise “The Byzantine Empire” in World history for grade 7. It has 25 questions in five categories: Empire and capital, Sixth century, Faith and culture, Army and defense, Turning points. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which city served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire for more than a thousand years?
Which Roman emperor moved the capital to Byzantium in 330 and gave the city a new name?
On which strait did…
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Which sixth-century emperor tried to recover former Roman lands in the West?
Which great church in Constantinople was rebuilt after the Nika revolt and dedicated in 537?
Which influential sixth-century empress…
In the gameWhat is the name…
In the gameWhich sixth-century general reconquered…
In the gameWhat are sacred painted images of Christ, Mary, and the saints called in Eastern Christianity?
Which art technique builds images from thousands of small pieces of glass, stone, or colored material?
What is the name…
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What was the incendiary weapon called that Byzantines used to set enemy ships on fire?
What were the powerful early fifth-century fortifications of Constantinople called?
What were the military-administrative…
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Which sultan captured Constantinople in 1453 and brought the empire to an end?
Which numbered Crusade captured and sacked Constantinople in 1204?
Which ruler led the…
In the gameWhich Byzantine state in…
In the gameWhich emperor entered the…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.