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Chapter 11
Chapter 11 social studies test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When did Justinian rule the Byzantine Empire from? | 527 to 565 A.D. |
| Justinian was determined to receive ancient Rome by doing what? | by recovering lands that had been overrun by invaders |
| What was Justinian's greatest architectural achievement? | it was the rebuilding of the church Hagia Sophia |
| What does Hagia Sophia mean? | Holy Wisdom |
| What was Justinian's most important achievement? | the reform of the law |
| What was the body of civil law known as? | Justinian's code |
| What did the code do? | guided legal thinkers and led to the development of international law today |
| What did Justinian rule as? | autocrat |
| Why was the economy of the Byzantine Empire successful? | it had a strong central government, peasants made it function by working the land, paying taxes, and providing soldiers for the military, and used a money economy based the bezant |
| What were three reasons for the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire? | Crusades, the Bubonic Plague, and the invasions of the Muslims Turks |
| What was the legacy of Eastern Roman Empire? | Greek and Roman knowledge |
| What was the highest church official in Constantinople? | patriarch |
| Who were the founders and what was the birthplace of Judaism? | Abraham, and Moses, and Canaan [present day Israel] |
| Who were the Slavs and the Vikings? | the Vikings conducted successful trade with Constantinople and developed a central trade network in the city of Kiev |
| When did Batu rule from? | 1236 o 1241 A.D. |
| The Mongols converted to what but tolerated the Russian rulers? | absolute power |
| The Mongol rule cut who off from contacts with Western Europe? | Russia |
| Who was driving force behind Moscow's successes? | Ivan III[Ivan the great |
| When did Ivan III rule from? | 1462 to 1505 A.D. |
| Ivan III also built what for absolute rule? | a framework |
| who was a harsh ruler and son of Ivan III? | Ivan IV[Ivan the terrible] |
| Ivan IV earned the title Ivan the terrible by doing what? | the total power that he had and he used his power |
| What type of legacy did Ivan IV leave behind? | a legacy of a land full of rebellion |
| Who were the founders and what was the birthplace of Christianty? | Jesus, and Abraham, and Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Galialee, and Judea |
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