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7th grade The Byzantine Empire: Constantinople, Justinian's laws and saving Greek and Roman learning worksheet

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The Byzantine Empire: Constantinople, Justinian's laws and saving Greek and Roman learning

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NameDate

Circle the best answer.

  2. In the law chain, one box leads to two effects. Which box is it, Milo asks?

    • One body of law
    • Laws piled up over centuries
    • The Institutes teach law students
    • No box in this chain leads to two effects

  3. What two effects came from the one body of law, Noah asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • A textbook for students, and civil law today
    • More piles of old laws
    • One effect: a new capital
    • The end of Roman law

  4. In the Basilika chain, how many causes lead to the Basilika, Pia asks?

    • Two: laws in Latin, and Greek replacing Latin
    • One: new laws
    • Three: Latin, Greek and a palace
    • It causes the other two boxes

  5. What were the Institutes, Tala asks?

    • A list of trades and their prices
    • A textbook for law students
    • A wall around Constantinople
    • A map of the roads of the empire

  6. What was the Basilika, Zee asks?

    • A Latin textbook from 533
    • Justinian's laws in Greek, with new laws
    • A guild of silk makers
    • A new capital city built in the east of the empire

  8. The Institutes say justice gives "to every man his due." What does "his due" mean, Ari asks?

    • A payment that is late or still owed
    • A day of rest
    • What each person has a right to
    • A trip by sea

  9. Who was the line from the Institutes first written for, Bo asks?

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • Students learning law
    • Traders at the market
    • Silk makers in Constantinople
    • English readers in 1906

  10. Which date tells when the line was first written, Esme asks?

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • 533 CE
    • 1906
    • 565 CE
    • 324 CE

  11. Kira's note says, "Justinian's laws were used once, then forgotten." Which fix is right?

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • Change "forgotten" to "lost at sea"
    • Change "laws" to "Institutes"
    • Leave it: they ended in 565
    • Change it: they are a basis of civil law today

  12. Luz's note says, "The Basilika had one cause." Which fix is right?

    • Change "cause" to "effect"
    • Leave it: one cause, one effect
    • Change it: two causes led to it
    • Change "Basilika" to "Digest"
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The Byzantine Empire: Constantinople, Justinian's laws and saving Greek learning. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can explain how the Roman Empire carried on in the east, why Constantinople's place on land and sea routes made it rich, and where the name Byzantine came from.
  • I can follow Justinian's laws from old Roman law to one body of law, read a line from the Institutes, and tell the date it was written from the date of its translation.
  • I can follow branching chains for Greek learning reaching Italy and for silk making in the empire.

Standard: D2.His.1.6-8

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