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Chapter 11 test
Chapter 11 tests
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who was Justinian? | He ruled the Byzantine empire |
| What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire? | Constantinople |
| What was the Hagia Sophia? | A church that Justinian rebuilt |
| What was Justinian's most important achievement? | Justinian's code |
| What kind of government was the Byzantine empire? | autocrat |
| who were the founders of Judaism? | Abraham and Moses |
| what is Judaism's Holy day of the week? | Saturday |
| what is Christianity's house of worship? | Church |
| what is Christianity's Holy book? | Bible |
| What was Eastern Christianity called? | Greek Orthodox/ Russian Orthodox |
| What was Western Christianity called? | Roman Catholicism |
| Who conquered Russia for 200 years? | Mongols |
| who helped Russia gain Independence? | Ivan III |
| Who influenced Russia? | The Byzantine Empire |
| When Ivan the Terrible died what kind of legacy did he leave behind? | He left a legacy of a land full of rebellion and introduced Russia to a tradition of extreme absolute power. |
| Were the Persian's supportive of the Seljuks after they were conquered? | yes |
| Why did Pope Urban II launch the Crusades to drive the Turks out of Anatolia? | To recover Jerusalem |
| How did the Mongols treat their opponents? | harsh/ merciless |
| The Abbasids took note of what from the Turks? | their military skills |
| In the tenth century what religion where the Turks converting to? | Islam |
| what is the Judaism house of worship? | Synagogue/ temple |
| What is the birth place of Judaism? | Canaan |
| Who is the Messiah of Christianity? | Jesus |
| What is the belief in the after life for Christianity? | Belief in heaven, Purgatory, and hell |
| what does excommunication mean? | Declaring someone to be an outcast of the church. |