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WH chapter6 activit5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |