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Chapter 11
Byzantine, Russia and Turkish Empires
Question | Answer |
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What did the Eastern Roman Empire Become known as? | Byzantium |
Who was a Byzantine nobleman who took the throne of the Eastern Empire? | Justinian |
What was the Justinian Code? | A body of civil law that controlled Byzantine life. |
What was the name of the church that Justinian built in Constantinople? | The Hagia Sophia |
What type of government did Byzantium have? | Autocracy |
What was the main religion? | Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
What solved the conflicts between Eastern and Western churches? | They split |
What was an icon? | A religious image |
Where is the city of Kiev? | Present-day Ukraine |
What did trade do to the Byzantine empire? | Connected Kiev to the Byzantine Empire |
What group had a simple political orginization, were organized into clans, farmed and traded and lived in small villages? | The Slavs |
What did the Vikings do with Constantinople? | Developed a central trade network in the city of Kiev |
What did Cyril and Methodius do? | They adapted the Greek alphabet to translate the bile into the slavic language. |
What prince had the greatest impact on connecting the Rus with Byzantine culture? | Prince Vladimir |
What did Genghis Kahn do? | He united the nomadic Mongols of Central Asia and took over lands from China to Eastern Europe |
What was the name of the name of the armies that looted and burned Kiev and other Russian towns? | The Golden Horde |
What are three things the Mongols are known for? | Destructive raids, were fierce conquerers but were not fierce rulers and made people they conquer pay heavy taxes. |
What leader referred to himself as a tsar? | Ivan III |
What legacy did Ivan IV leave behind? | Extreme absolute power |
What empire did the Abbasids rule? | Muslim Empire |
What did the Seljuks do in 1055? | They attacked and captured Baghdad from the Persians. |
What was a prime minister in a Muslim Empire called? | A vizier |
Who was the last strong, effective Seljuk leader? | Malik Shah |
What group was noted for their military skills? | Turks |
What were Turkish military slaves called? | mamelukes |