The Byzantine Empire: Roman Continuity & Change — Practice · Grade 6 Social Studies

Chapter: The Mediterranean World: Byzantine, Islamic & Western Societies

What this practice covers

By the end of The Byzantine Empire: Roman Continuity & Change you should be able to:

10 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.

Vocabulary used: Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Constantinople, legal compilation, Orthodox Christianity.

Problem 1

Understand an inherited name. Did eastern Roman rule begin only after the western emperor fell?
Answer and explanation

No. Eastern institutions and rule already existed and continued through changes.

No. Eastern institutions and rule already existed and continued through changes.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 2

Locate a strategic capital. Why is a strait’s location only part of the explanation?
Answer and explanation

Institutions, resources and political choices determine how it is used and defended.

Institutions, resources and political choices determine how it is used and defended.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 3

Study law and religious institutions. Does preservation mean no legal change occurred?
Answer and explanation

No. Compiling and applying inherited material can involve selection and adaptation.

No. Compiling and applying inherited material can involve selection and adaptation.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 4

Compare contact and competition. Can trade and conflict occur between the same states?
Answer and explanation

Yes. Different kinds of interaction can coexist.

Yes. Different kinds of interaction can coexist.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 5

Explain why “Rome completely disappeared in 476” is inadequate.
Answer and explanation

The eastern state continued and used inherited Roman legal traditions while changing over time. Objects show contact, although one object cannot identify every political or religious relationship.

The eastern state continued and used inherited Roman legal traditions while changing over time. Objects show contact, although one object cannot identify every political or religious relationship.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 6

Write a three-sentence museum or atlas label explaining this case. Include what is directly supported, one inference and one limit.
Answer and explanation

The eastern state continued and used inherited Roman legal traditions while changing over time. Objects show contact, although one object cannot identify every political or religious relationship. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.

The eastern state continued and used inherited Roman legal traditions while changing over time. Objects show contact, although one object cannot identify every political or religious relationship. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 7

A writer claims the supplied case proves the same thing happened everywhere in the Eastern Hemisphere. Repair the scope and identify a useful next comparison.
Answer and explanation

The eastern state continued and used inherited Roman legal traditions while changing over time. Objects show contact, although one object cannot identify every political or religious relationship. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.

The eastern state continued and used inherited Roman legal traditions while changing over time. Objects show contact, although one object cannot identify every political or religious relationship. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 8

Which source or observation would most improve this explanation? Explain the information it could add and a limitation it would still have.
Answer and explanation

Institutions, resources and political choices determine how it is used and defended. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.

Institutions, resources and political choices determine how it is used and defended. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 9

Using the assigned chapter reader, connect this topic to another named society or period. Give one similarity and one difference using matched categories.
Answer and explanation

Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. Yes. Different kinds of interaction can coexist.

Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. Yes. Different kinds of interaction can coexist.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 10

Revise your response to the whole-unit case after checking the fourth teaching part. State exactly what you changed and why.
Answer and explanation

The eastern state continued and used inherited Roman legal traditions while changing over time. Objects show contact, although one object cannot identify every political or religious relationship. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.

The eastern state continued and used inherited Roman legal traditions while changing over time. Objects show contact, although one object cannot identify every political or religious relationship. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

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