Chapter 9 Lesson 1-2

Question 0

Emperor of the Byzantine empire from 527 to 565, he rebuilt Constantinople and made reforms to the law

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Justinian

Question 1

Formerly Byzantium; capital of the eastern Roman Empire

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Constantinople

Question 2

The Corpus Juris Civilis, or the “Body of Civil Law”; a comprehensive collection of a Roman legal writings assembled by Justinian

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Justinian’s Code

Question 3

A sole ruler with absolute power

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Autocrat

Question 4

Empress of the Byzantine empire, Justinian’s wife and a fearless and powerful co-ruler

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Theodora

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In the Byzantine and Roman Empires, the highest church official in a major city

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Patriarch

Question 6

Holy image of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint venerated in Eastern Orthodox Church

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Icon

Question 7

The official split between the Roman Catholic and the Byzantine churches

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Great Schism

Question 8

Sparse, dry, treeless grassland

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Steppe

Question 9

Capital of present-day Ukraine and center of the first Russian state

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Kiev

Question 10

Relating to the Slavic alphabet derived from the Greek; became the written scrip still used in Russia

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Cyrillic

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Mongol invaders who burned Kiev, led by Batu, the grandson of Genghis

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Golden Horde

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Ivan III; proclaimed himself first tsar after recovering much of Russia from invaders

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Ivan the Great

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Russian word for “Caesar”; absolute leader of Russia

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Tsar

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Ivan IV, who took throne as tsar in 1547; noted for his tyrannical rule

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Ivan the Terrible