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WH chapter6 activit5
Question | Answer |
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Seljuk Turks annihilated the Byzantine army at the Battle of | Manzikert |
Cyril and Methodius were missionaries to the | Russians |
Damascus was the capital of the | Umayyad |
The ______stopped Muslim advancement into Europe at the Battle of Tours | Franks |
Arabs are descendants of | Ishmael |
what revolt that broke out in Constantinople in 532 threatened to topple Justinian's reign | Nika Riot |
What city dedicated by Constantine 330 was called "New Rome"? | Constantinople |
whose reign, beginning in 527, resulted in a golden age of Byzantine culture? | Justinian 1 |
what power Byzantine ruler was known as the "Bulgar Slayer"? | Basil II |
what is Calligraphy? | the art of beautiful writing |
what Slavic designation meaning "rowers" or " seafarers" was possibly used to create the name of a country? | Rus |
Name the largest people group whose ancestors played a major role in establishing the early Russian state. | Slavs |
what were painted images of christ and the sainted called? | icons |
what were military expeditions to free the East from Muslim invaders? | The Crusaders |
give the name for the basic religious practices the Muslims observe? | the 5 pillars of Islam |
what bands of Swedish Norsemen plundered Slavic villages? | Varangians |
what procedure invilved depriving an individual of the sacraments and excluding him from the fellowship of the church? | excommunication |
what people group sacked constantinople? | Ottoman Turks |
what type of decorative art graced the wals and ceilings of Byzantine churches? | Mosaic |
during this caliphate many non-Arabs became increasingly influential and Islamic culture flourished? | Abbasid |
who made the Eastern Orthodox Christianity the religion of Russia? | Vladimir I |
who was the second leader of Islam? | Abu Bakr |
Who gained control of Novogorod and began Russian history? | Rurik |
Who was the first leader and founder of Islam? | Muhammad |
Who led Kiev to reach the height of its power? | Yaroslav |
The spread of Islam through war on non-Muslims? | Jihad |
Muhamad's flight to escape persecution? | Hegira |
Any successor who led Islam after Muhammad's death? | Caliph |
calls Muslims to the place of Prayer? | Muezzin |
Muslim place of worship? | Mosque |
where does the Mongols live? | Mongolia |