Chapter 10 Vtp

Question 1

Czar

Answer 1

The title of the ruler of the Russian Empire

Question 2

Boyar

Answer 2

Landowning noble in Russia under the czars

Question 3

Ethnic group

Answer 3

Large group of people who share the same language and cultural heritage

Question 4

Steppe

Answer 4

Sparse, dry grassland

Question 5

Autocrat

Answer 5

A ruler who has complete authority

Question 6

Patriarch

Answer 6

Highest church official in a major city

Question 7

Icon

Answer 7

Holy image

Question 8

The Balkans

Answer 8

Peopled by the South Slavs; ancestors of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes

Question 9

Ivan the terrible

Answer 9

A Byzantine Emperor, and The grandson of Ivan the Great. He was very unstable and abused his power.

Question 10

Constantinople

Answer 10

The vital center of the Byzantine Empire

Question 11

Byzantine Empire

Answer 11

The continuation of the Roman Empire in the 5th century. Lasted for about 1000 years

Question 12

Justinian code

Answer 12

A collection of laws put in place under the Emperor Justinian. (527 to 565). This is what Justinian is best remembered for

Question 13

Justinian

Answer 13

A Byzantine Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565. He is best remembered for his reform of the law

Question 14

Anna Comnena

Answer 14

Considered to be the western world’s first important female historian.

Question 15

Varangians

Answer 15

Expert sailors Also known as the Vikings. They traded with the Slavs

Question 16

Golden Horde

Answer 16

Mongol armies Who looted and burned Kiev and another Russian towns between 1236 and 1241

Question 17

Corpus Juris Civilis

Answer 17

Another name for Justinian’s code- A comprehensive code of Roman law

Question 18

Ottoman Turks

Answer 18

Conquered the Byzantine Empire