Starter quiz

  • The worship of images is known as ______.
    • 'idolatry' ✓
  • What do Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul have in common?
    • They’re all the same city.  ✓
    • They’re all the same country.
    • They’re all the same region.
  • What happened to the main language when the Roman Empire collapsed?
    • It switched from Latin to Greek.  ✓
    • It switched from Greek to Latin.
    • It switched from Latin to English.
  • Who were the early converts to Islam?
    • mostly pastoral nomads  ✓
    • the Seljuks
    • the Oghuz Turks
  • What was the religion of Byzantium?
    • Islam
    • Christian  ✓
    • Jewish
  • Which two were Islamic caliphates based in the Middle East?
    • Bourbons
    • Fatimids  ✓
    • Plantagenets
    • Umayyads  ✓
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