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Hagia Sphia/Constantinople
By Carlos Donnelly
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Watch the videos and answer the questions that follow. If you answer a question incorrectly, please watch the video and try again!
Question 1
1.
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
Question 2
2.
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
Question 3
3.
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
Question 4
4.
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
Question 5
5.
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
Question 6
6.
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
Question 7
7.
The most formidable part of Constantinople’s defenses was
The Great Moat
The Outer Wall
The Inner Wall
The Military Gates
Question 8
8.
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
Question 9
9.
The Walls of Constantinople were finally breached by
An access gate left open by mistake
Turkish cannons
Arab battering rams
Treachery
Question 10
10.
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