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World History ch. 11
Byzantine, Russian, Turkish empire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Justinian rebuild? | The city of Constantinople |
| Why was the economy of the Byzantine Empire successful? | Peasants made the empire function by working the land |
| What was known s Justinian's Code? | The "Body of Civil Law" |
| What was Justinian's greatest accomplishment? | His code of laws, Justinian's Code |
| What type of government did the Byzantine Empire have? | An autocracy |
| What is the name of the geographical boundary mark between Asia and Europe? | Ural Mountains |
| What was Kiev? | The first settlement of Russian civilization |
| Who was the ruthless and feared leader of the Russian Empire? | Ivan IV |
| What were the two groups of people that had the greatest impact on the development of Russian civilization? | The Vikings and Slavs |
| Which empire conquered and attacked the Russian civilization and ruled Southern Russia? | The Mongols |
| Which empire was known as the "Golden Horde"? | The Mongols |
| Who was the ruler of the Slavs and connected the Rus with Byzantine culture? | Prince Vladimir |
| What was the religion during Prince Vladimir's reign? | Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
| The Mongols created what kind of state in Russia? | Tributary |
| Who gave an example of absolute power in Russia? | Ivan IV (Ivan the terrible) |
| Who bought Turkish children to raise as slaves? | The Abbasids |
| Who were the Seljuks? | One of the first Turkish groups to migrate to the Abbasid Empire and later attacked and captured Baghdad from the Persians |
| Who was the founder of the Seljuk dynasty and chose Isfahan as the capital of his kingdom? | Toghril Beg |
| What is a vizier? | A prime minister in the Muslim kingdom |
| The Turks appointed who as government officials? | The Persians |
| Who adopted the Persian language of culture and Persian lifestyle? | The Turks |
| What had the Seljuk Turks discovered while conquering the Persians? | There was much to learn from those who they have defeated |
| Who was the last strong Seljuk leader? | Malik Shah |
| After the Crusaders captured Jerusalem, what did they do? | The Crusaders massacred its Jewish and Muslim inhabitants and established a Latin Christian kingdom |
| Who slaughtered whole populations and fought anyone who was in their path? | The Mongols |
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