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World History Ch.11
Question | Answer |
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Who was the most powerful Byzantine Emperor? | Emperor Justinian |
What is autocracy? | Where a leader had complete control over religion and the government. |
Three reasons why the Byzantine's Empire economy was so strong. | 1) Strong Central Government 2) Peasants worked land and payed taxes 3) Had there own cent, the Bezant |
Who made the "Body of Civil Law"? | Emperor Justinian |
Who started to use Justinian in 1100's? | Kings/Queens in Western Europe |
What was the name of the Church built by Justinian? | The Hagia Sophia |
What does the Hagia Sophia mean? | Holy Wisdom |
WWhat two types of people influenced the early development of Russia | Slavs and the Rus |
What did the northern part of Russia include | Tons of forests, (supplied wood and fuel) and animal pelts |
What did the the southern part of Russia have and where was it located? | It was located in present day Ukraine and it had rich soil. |
What did the southern steppe of Russia include? | Flat land that had no trees. Greet land for herding and it had no natural obsticules and it made it easy to travel from Europe to Asia. |
What linked the Russians to the Byzantine Empire? | Rivers that traveled from Russia to Constantinople. |
Who connected Rus culture with the culture of the Byzantine Empire? | Prince Vladmir of Kiev |
What did he do to help connect Russia with the Byzantines? | Adopted Byzantine Culture, married the Byzantine Emperor's sister, converted and made Eastern Orthodox the main religion of the Rus. |
What did Yaroslav the Wise, Vladimir's son, do to help Kiev become stronger? | Controlled the church (modeled after the Byzantine Empire), gave church leagal status, translated religious writings into the language of the Slavs. Also helped by spreading Christianity through military victories. |
What happened to Kiev after Yaroslav's death? | The city declined and many families fought for the throne. |
Which Mongol leader invaded Russia? | Genghis Khan's grandson, Batu Khan. |
Who killed a lot of the Russian population and looted Kiev. | The Golden Horde (a.k.a. Mongol Armies) |
What did Russia become after the Mongol occupations. | A Tributary State |
The Mongols inspired what kind of power in Russian princes? | Absolute Power |
What part of Europe did the Mongols cut Russia off from? | Western Europe |
Who recovered lost Russian land from Lithuania? | Ivan III (Ivan the Great) |
How Did Ivan the Great help make a frame for absolute power? | Tried to limit the power of boyars (nobles), called himself a tsar which meant Caesar (God) in Russian language. |
How did Ivan the Terrible leave Russia exposed to extreme absolute power? | Introduced feudalism to Russia, limited the power of boyars, made the oprichniki (his own secret agents that did what ever he said), killed anyone thought to be disloyal. |
When was Ivan the Terrible crowned tsar? | 1547 |