APEX Unit 1 Test 2025 – Verified Questions,
Study Notes & Practice Material REAL EXAM!!
Where is the Byzantine Empire located - ANSWER ✔---East
When did Emperor Constantine rule - ANSWER ✔---306-337
What did Constantine do? - ANSWER ✔---- he made Christianity a legal religion
- split the roman empire into east and west (330)
What did Justinian want to do? - ANSWER ✔---- restore the Roman Empire to its former glory
- he issued the corpus juris which organized roman law
What did Justinian do? - ANSWER ✔---built the Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia - ANSWER ✔---was built to capture the roman empire glory
What were idols for? - ANSWER ✔---intended for teaching religious beliefs and to intensify religious
experience
What does Hagia Sophia stand for? - ANSWER ✔---"holy wisdom"
, Wearing what color of shoes was a sign of royalty - ANSWER ✔---red
The walls of the Hagia Sophia were adorned with what? - ANSWER ✔---mosaics
What became the official language under Justinian I - ANSWER ✔---Greek
How did the geography of Constantinople help the Byzantine Empire - ANSWER ✔---the location
helped economically because it was a port city surrounded by mountains, it was well protected and it
was at the crossroads of east and west north and south and it had control of the Chinese silk trade
What regions did Justinian recapture? - ANSWER ✔---Italy, Africa, and parts of the western roman
empire
The Byzantine Empire ended when it was overrun by who? - ANSWER ✔---Ottoman Turks in 1453
AD
Schism - ANSWER ✔---a permanent division within a church
The Codex - ANSWER ✔---compilation of all existing imperial decrees
Corpus Juris Civilis - ANSWER ✔---written by Justinian and it brought law to later people
The Novels - ANSWER ✔---mostly greek laws issued by Justinian
The Digest - ANSWER ✔---collection of the writings of Roman legal scholars
The Institutes - ANSWER ✔---a legal text book for law students
Study Notes & Practice Material REAL EXAM!!
Where is the Byzantine Empire located - ANSWER ✔---East
When did Emperor Constantine rule - ANSWER ✔---306-337
What did Constantine do? - ANSWER ✔---- he made Christianity a legal religion
- split the roman empire into east and west (330)
What did Justinian want to do? - ANSWER ✔---- restore the Roman Empire to its former glory
- he issued the corpus juris which organized roman law
What did Justinian do? - ANSWER ✔---built the Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia - ANSWER ✔---was built to capture the roman empire glory
What were idols for? - ANSWER ✔---intended for teaching religious beliefs and to intensify religious
experience
What does Hagia Sophia stand for? - ANSWER ✔---"holy wisdom"
, Wearing what color of shoes was a sign of royalty - ANSWER ✔---red
The walls of the Hagia Sophia were adorned with what? - ANSWER ✔---mosaics
What became the official language under Justinian I - ANSWER ✔---Greek
How did the geography of Constantinople help the Byzantine Empire - ANSWER ✔---the location
helped economically because it was a port city surrounded by mountains, it was well protected and it
was at the crossroads of east and west north and south and it had control of the Chinese silk trade
What regions did Justinian recapture? - ANSWER ✔---Italy, Africa, and parts of the western roman
empire
The Byzantine Empire ended when it was overrun by who? - ANSWER ✔---Ottoman Turks in 1453
AD
Schism - ANSWER ✔---a permanent division within a church
The Codex - ANSWER ✔---compilation of all existing imperial decrees
Corpus Juris Civilis - ANSWER ✔---written by Justinian and it brought law to later people
The Novels - ANSWER ✔---mostly greek laws issued by Justinian
The Digest - ANSWER ✔---collection of the writings of Roman legal scholars
The Institutes - ANSWER ✔---a legal text book for law students
