Byzantine

Question 1

Justinian

Answer 1

He ruled for 38 years, was considered Byzantines most ambitious ruler. Wanted to recreate the roman empire and made a code of laws similar to the roman code of laws.

Question 2

Byzantine!

Answer 2

Empire, Constantinople was capital

Question 3

Greek fire

Answer 3

Atomic bomb of the time, made by the Byzantines

Question 4

The Nika Revolt

Answer 4

It took place in January in 532 in Constantinople, against Justinian during a chariot race. Everyone was cheering on their own team, shouting concur, or “Nika”. Suddenly the were all yelling it at him.

Question 5

Justinian’s code of laws

Answer 5

Roman laws he changed for his needs and then established

Question 6

Theodora

Answer 6

Justinian’s wife and queen, was an actress and was therefor seen unfit to rule. Would not flee during the Nika revolts, and died if cancer

Question 7

Patriarch

Answer 7

Highest church official in Constantinople.

Question 8

Autocrat

Answer 8

A sole ruler with complete authority over the people

Question 9

Icon

Answer 9

Sacred image that’s treated as holy itself

Question 10

Great schism

Answer 10

Byzantine emperor Leo bans icons, causing the eastern and western church to split in 2 in 1054

Question 11

Ecumenical patriarch

Answer 11

Universal patriarch

Question 12

Papal authority

Answer 12

Power of pope

Question 13

Iconoclasm

Answer 13

The action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices

Question 14

Steppe

Answer 14

An open, treeless grassland that Nomads traveling through the region used for there cows and horses. It’s one of the three regions of Russia.

Question 15

Kiev

Answer 15

City, where main trade was

Question 16

Hagia Sopia

Answer 16

It was once the centralized church building if the eastern orthodox church, but now it’s a museum

Hagia sophia means “Holy wisdom”, and that was a title for Jesus

Question 17

Cyril

Answer 17

One of the Lord’s that had been sent to Kiev to convert the Slavs to Christianity.

Question 18

Cyrillic

Answer 18

The alphabet used to translate the bible into Slavic

Question 19

Czar or Tsar

Answer 19

Titles of rulers of Russia, means Caesar

Question 20

Ivan the terrible

Answer 20

Ruled for 51 years, had a secret police, was always unstable but really went off his noodle when his wife died. Thought everyone was out to kill him so he killed them first.

Question 21

Ivan the great

Answer 21

He married the last Byzantines emperors niece, and freed Russia from mongols, believed in absolute power.

Question 22

Jewish refugees fled western Europe because…

Answer 22

Of persecution and expulsion

Question 23

The Magyars were raiders from the Asian steppes and they settled in…

Answer 23

Hungary

Question 24

The Serbian state reached its height in power under…

Answer 24

Stefan Dusan

Question 25

The south Slav country of Serbia was concord by...

Answer 25

The ottoman Turks in the 1300's

Question 26

Who died that made Russia feel full of unrest???

Answer 26

Ivan the terrible

Question 27

The Russian language is written in

Answer 27

The Cyrillic alphabet

Question 28

The Mongols who invaded Russian were known as the...

Answer 28

Golden Hoard

Question 29

Ivan the 3rd sometimes refers to himself as...

Answer 29

tsar, or caesar

Question 30

Russia's rivers linked early russians to...

Answer 30

The Byzantine empire

Question 31

What city was the center of a vital trade network???

Answer 31

Kiev

Question 32

What occurred during the Mongol rule of Russia

Answer 32

The princes of Moscow gained power and influence

Question 33

How did Mongol rule effect Russia's relation ship with western Europe?

Answer 33

It isolated Russia from Europe and it's advances in science and art?

Question 34

What tradition did Ivan the terrible introduce that shaped history into the 20th century?

Answer 34

Extreme absolute power

Question 35

Why was Constantinople's location so safe???

Answer 35

It was a harbored city on a trade route guarded by water

Question 36

What was the one difference between the roman and Byzantine churches before the great schism?

Answer 36

Byzantines Christians rejected the popes power over them all

Question 37

What was an important contribution of the Byzantine empire?

Answer 37

It's blending of christianity and greek culture

Question 38

Constantinople

Answer 38

Capital of Roman empire, lasted 1,500 years before it was captured by the Ottomans, was the city with the great defenses

Question 39

Who brought Constantinople to its highest peak, and restored the Hagia Sophia after it had been destroyed during riots???

Answer 39

Justinian

Question 40

Corpus Juris Civilis | Body of Civil Law

Answer 40

Justinian's code

Question 41

Where is Rome located on a map?

Answer 41

Italy

Question 42

Where is Jerusalem located on a map?

Answer 42

By the red sea

Question 43

Where is Constantinople located on a map???

Answer 43

By the black sea

Question 44

Who appointed church officials in Byzantine?

Answer 44

The king

Question 45

What did clergy in the Byzantine empire get to keep doing???

Answer 45

Marry

Question 46

What was the language of the Byzantine church???

Answer 46

Greek

Question 47

There were three regions in Russia, one is the steppe. What are the other two like???

Answer 47

The northern forests supplied them with wood and game, The southern part was good farm land. This is where the population grew

Question 48

What did the russians copy from the Byzantines?

Answer 48

The domes of their churches for their own.

Question 49

The Golden Hoard

Answer 49

A Mongol army, know as this for the color of their tents

Question 50

How would Russian princes keep mongols at bay??

Answer 50

Paying them a fee to bit invade and let them rule their own territory

Question 51

Which side of Constantinople is Asia minor on???

Answer 51

East

Question 52

What's the body of water that separates Europe and Asia

Answer 52

Eps porous strait

Question 53

What body of water separates the two sections of Constantinople?

Answer 53

The north sea.