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Chapter 11 Practice
Question | Answer |
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Most influential emperor of the Byzantine Empire? | Justinian |
What church did Justinian rebuilt? | Hagia Sophia |
What was Justinian's biggest achievement? | writing a code of laws |
What type of government was under Justinian's rule? | Autocracy |
What was Justinian's empire based on off? | Trade |
Decline of the Byzantine Empire was because of three reasons... | (1) the Crusades (2) the Plague (3) conquered by Muslim Turks |
What caused the Great Schism? | Difference between the Easten and Western Churches |
What language did the Byzantine speak? | Greek |
What language did the Catholics speak? | Latin |
The main difference between the Eastern and Western Churches was the use of... | icons |
What was the boundary of Europe and Asia? | The Ural Mountains |
The first city of Russia | Kiev |
Two most influential cultures in Russia | Slavs and Vikings |
Written language of Russia | Cyrillic |
First prince to spread Christianity | Yaroslav the Wise |
Gained most of Russia from Lithuania | Ivan the Great / Ivan the Third |
Group Ivan IV organized | the oprichniki |
What was Ivan IV's legacy in Russia | He left Russia in a state of rebellion and introduced absolute power in the government |
Where is Anatolia | the eastern flank of the Byzantine |
The Persians supported the Seljuks because... | the Seljuks respected and admired their culture |
The Seljuks captured which city from the Persian Empire, which also became their capital | Baghdad |
Saladin made a truce treaty with which English king | Richard the Lion-Hearted |
Which descendant of Genghis Khan captured Baghdad | Hulagu |
The greatest sultan of the Abbasid Empire | Malik Shah |
The Abbasid Empire ended because of... | the Mongols conquering and slaughtering them |