Byzantines, Russians, And Turks Interact

Question 1

How long did Justinian live?

Answer 1

527 to 565

Question 2

What areas of the world to Justinian conquer?

Answer 2

Parts of north Africa, Italy, and Spain

Question 3

What kind of ruler was Justinian?

Answer 3

An absolute monarch

Question 4

What three major achievements did Justinian do?

Answer 4

The creation of the Justinian code, the rebuilding of Constantinople, and the rebuilding of the Hagia Sophia

Question 5

Where did the Nika

Revolt take place?

Answer 5

The hippodrome

Question 6

How did the government respond to the Nika Revolt?

Answer 6

They responded harshly

Question 7

Who was Theodora?

Answer 7

Shee was Justinian’s wife who advised him not to flee and urged him to change the laws to affect women

Question 8

How many people died every day during the black plague?

Answer 8

10,000

Question 9

What was the Byzantine Empire like and 1350?

Answer 9

It was extremely small

Question 10

When did the east and west churches split?

Answer 10

1054

Question 11

What did the Eastern Church become?

Answer 11

Eastern orthodox

Question 12

What did the Western church become?

Answer 12

Roman Catholic

Question 13

What are icons?

Answer 13

An image or like this; a symbol

Question 14

Where were icons used?

Answer 14

And churches, chapels, historic places, and homes

Question 15

What is inverse perspective?

Answer 15

Where proportions are usually neglected and the viewer becomes the focal point of the activity

Question 16

What religion is the city of Kiev take on?

Answer 16

Orthodox Christianity

Question 17

Which Russian ruler converted to Christianity?

Answer 17

Vladimir

Question 18

How was Kieve’s power tied to Byzantium?

Answer 18

Through trade and religion

Question 19

What did Yaroslav the Wise build in Kiev?

Answer 19

The first Jay library

Question 20

How long was Mongol occupation in Russia?

Answer 20

From 1248 to 1480

Question 21

What happened in 945?

Answer 21

Persian armies moved to Baghdad

Question 22

Where did large numbers of Turks known as Seljuks migrate to in the 10th century?

Answer 22

The Abbasid Empire

Question 23

When was the Battle of Manzikert?

Answer 23

1071

Question 24

What city did the Seljuks choose as their capital city?

Answer 24

Isfahan

Question 25

What happens after Malik Shah dies?

Answer 25

The Seljuk Empire quickly disintegrates into a loose connection of minor kingdoms

Question 26

When did the Muslims reclaim Jerusalem?

Answer 26

1187

Question 27

What is a vizier?

Answer 27

The prime minister and a Muslim kingdom or empire

Question 28

Who were the Mongols?

Answer 28

A group of nomadic clans along the Asian steppes

Question 29

Who was Hulagu?

Answer 29

The grandson of Genghis Kahn

Question 30

Why would Hulagu be interested in the city of Baghdad?

Answer 30

It’s a capital city and if he conquers it, it proves his power.

Question 31

Who was Wassaf?

Answer 31

A Persian historian

Question 32

How might a Mongolian soldiers’ account to his fighting methods be different from Wassaf’s?

Answer 32

It would probably have a tone of victory rather than defeat.

Question 33

What did Hulagu do when he captured Baghdad?

Answer 33

He burned down the caliph’s palace and had tens of thousands of people killed. He also had the last caliph executed.

Question 34

Why do you think the Mongols forbade the spilling of sacred blood?

Answer 34

They worried it would affect their afterlife or cause bad luck.

Question 35

What was Genghis Kahn and his successors greatest accomplishment?

Answer 35

They had the largest land empire in history

Question 36

How long to the Byzantine Empire last?

Answer 36

From 330 to 1453; 1400 years