Ch.11 Vocab S.S.

Question 0

Justinian Code

Answer 0

A body of Roman civil law

Question 1

Justinian

Answer 1

A high ranking Byzantine nobleman who took the throne of the Eastern Empire

Question 2

Hagia Sophia

Answer 2

A Cathedral Holy Wisdom in Constantinople

Question 3

Patriarch

Answer 3

A principle bishop in the eastern branch of Christianity

Question 4

Icon

Answer 4

A religious image used by eastern Christians

Question 5

Excommunication

Answer 5

The taking away of a person’s right of membership in a Christian church

Question 6

Cyrillic Alphabet

Answer 6

An alphabet for the writing of Slavic languages

Question 7

Slavs

Answer 7

A people from the forests North of the Black Sea

Question 8

Vladimir

Answer 8

Came to throne in 980 and converted people to Christianity

Question 9

Yaroslav the Wise

Answer 9

Vladimir’s son who came to power in 1019

Skillfully married off his daughters and created a legal code

Question 10

Alexander Nevsky

Answer 10

Novgorod’s prince and military hero

Advised other princes to cooperate with Mongols

Question 11

Ivan III

Answer 11

Ruled for 43 years and named himself czar

Question 12

Czar

Answer 12

A Russian emperor (from the Roman title Caesar)

Question 13

Seljuks

Answer 13

A Turkish group who migrated into the Abbasid empire in the 10 century

Question 14

Vizier

Answer 14

The prime minister in a Persian kingdom or empire

Question 15

Malik Shah

Answer 15

The prime minister of the most famous of Seljuk sultans

Question 16

“What various methods did the Byzantines use to hold off their enemies?”

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Answer 16

They used bribes, diplomacy, political marriages, and military power to fend off their enemies.

Question 17

“What main demands did the Mongols make on their Russian subjects?”

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Answer 17

“Mongols attacked and demolished Kiev. ”