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Chapter 11 Practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |