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World History ch 11
Byzantine, Russian, Turkish Empire
Question | Answer |
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What is an icon? | A religious image. |
What type of Church were the patriarch and other bishops head of? | Eastern Orthodox. |
What was the four-part body law created during the reign of the emperor Justinian? | Justinian's Code |
True or False. The Hagia Sophia was intended to be the world's most beautiful palace. | False, Church |
What was the solution between the Church in the West and in the East? | To split |
What are two differences between the Eastern and Roman Churches? | Western Churches were led by a pope, Eastern Churches were led by a patriarch. The people in the East did not approve the use of icons, the people of the West encouraged it. |
The main issue between the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church dealt with... | the use of icons. |
What was the capital of the new Rome? | Constantinople |
Define an Autocracy. | a type of government in which a ruler controls both religion and government. |
The Byzantine Empire got it's power based on... | the fact that it was a trade empire. |
Name three reasons for the Byzantine Empire's decline | Plague, enemy attacks and the invasion and conquering by the Muslims. |
Who were the two groups that had the greatest impact on the development of Russian civilization? | Slavs and the Greeks |
Why did the Byzantine Empire have such a great influence on the development of early Russia? | It's geography. They were fairly close. |
What was the first settlement that became the center of early Russian civilization? | Kiev |
True or False. Vladamir was the Russian leader who made sure all of the Russian citizens converted to Christianity. | True |
Russia's government was... | an autocracy. (absolute rule) |
True or False. Ivan the Terrible was a considerate and harmless leader. | False, he was ruthless and feared. |
Who were the Mongols initially led by? | Ghengis Kahn |
Name 2 things Yaroslav the wise did. | -had many religious texts related translated into the Slavic language. -developed the first library to maintain the records of the civilizations history. |
The Eastern Roman Empire became known as... | Byzantium |
Saint John Chrysotom served in Constantinople as a bishop or.. | patriarch |
when the pope casts an official out of the Church it is called... | excommunication |
A body of civil law that controlled Byzantine life was also known as.. | Justinian's Code |
The Seljuks are also known as... | the Turks. |