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Hagia Sphia/Constantinople
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These are two videos about the Byzantine Empire.
Watch the videos and answer the questions that follow. If you answer a question incorrectly, please watch the video and try again!
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The Nikka Riots occurred because ________.
Taxes were high, and peasants rebelled against the emperor
The iconoclasm occurred and worshippers became divided about how to worship icons
A plague broke out in the city
A group of chariot race fans overthrew Justinian
During the 4th crusade of the Latin Occupation ________.
The city became known as Istanbul
The dome of the Hagia Sophia collapsed during and earthquake
Many mosaics were looted or destroyed
None of the above
Which of the following statements about the Hagia Sophia is NOT true?
It was founded as Byzantium by Greek colonists
For a short time, the Hagia Sophia was converted into a synagogue
The Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque after Mehmet’s conquest in 1453
It was renamed Augusta Antonia
Each of the calligraphic disks hung inside of the Hagia Sophia represent ________.
Mehmet II’s conquest of the city
The beginning of the Ottoman Empire
The Qu’ran
The rightful caliphs or rulers after the death of Muhammad
Mustafa Kemal became the modernizing president of Turkey and he ________.
Established the Hagia Sophia as a Christian Church, as it had been during the time of the Roman conquest
Removed the 4 outer minaret towers
Allowed for open Islamic worship inside the Hagia Sophia
Established the Hagia Sophia as a secular museum
The capital of the Roman Empire was moved to Constantinople in the 4th century because
the East was more stable than the West.
it was a hub of major trade routes.
the Emperor Constantine was born there.
Both A and B
The most formidable part of Constantinople’s defenses was
The Great Moat
The Outer Wall
The Inner Wall
The Military Gates
When Attila the Hun saw the Walls of Constantinople he
Turned around without attacking
Ordered cannons to barrage the weakest point
Tried to dig under them
Diverted a river to sail his ships over the moat
The Walls of Constantinople were finally breached by
An access gate left open by mistake
Turkish cannons
Arab battering rams
Treachery
The fall of Constantinople
Resulted in a mass exodus of Greeks from Asia
Marked the end of the Russian Empire
Led to the formation of modern Greece
Ignited the Renaissance