| A | B |
|---|
| Name of the Eastern half of the Roman Empire | Byzantine Empire |
| Capital city of the Byzantine Empire | Constantinople |
| Byzantine Emperor (527-565 B.C.) who tried to rebuild the Roman Empire | Justinian |
| Empire developed during 7th century which controlled Middle East and N. Africa | Muslim Empire |
| Traditional date for the fall of Byzantine Empire | 1453 A.D. |
| Center of early Russia | Kiev |
| Northern city free of Mongol rule but attacked by Germans & Swedes | Novgorod |
| City near water, good trade routes, defeated Mongols in 1380 & later became capital of Russia | Moscow |
| Began in 1054, the Christian religion of the Byzantine Empire | Eastern Orthodox |
| Religious images used in churches | Icons |
| Pictures made of chips of glass, stone, & tiles | Mosaics |
| People of Russia & Ukraine among others who are considered ... | Eastern Slavs |
| People living on the Balkan penninsula who are considered... | Southern Slavs |
| Czechs, Slovaks, & Poles who are considered... | Western Slavs |
| Separation of the Christian Church into East and West | Schism |
| Holy wars | Crusades |
| Title of the ruler of Russia | Czar |
| Largest cultural group of Eastern Europe | Slavs |
| A large plain north of the Black Sea | Steppe |
| Viking leader who ruled the slavs around Novgorod | Rurik |
| Church built by Justinian in Constantinople | Hagia Sophia |
| Fort built in Moscow; center of Russian government today | Kremlin |
| Nobles & wealthy merchants who served on councils that varied in power | Boyars |
| Civil laws written by legal scholars which preserved Rome's legal heritage | Justinian's code |
| Located between the Black and Caspian Seas; taken over by the muslims | Armenia & Georgia |
| Alphabet adopted by the Slavic people | Cyrillic |
| He converted his nation to Orthodox Christianity to unite them | Vladimir |
| History of the early Slavic people dating to 1100 A.D. | Primary Chronicle |
| This river runs from the Caspian Sea into central Russia | Volga |
| Country between Russia and the Black Sea | Ukraine |
| "Ivan the Terrible" centralized the power of Moscow | Ivan IV |
| Slavs used this word to describe the Vikings and the area they ruled | The Rus |
| Prince of Novgorod who defeated the Swedes & preserved Novgorod's independence | Alexander Nevsky |
| Asian tribe who invaded Russia, captured Kiev & controlled S. Russia for over 200 years | Mongols |
| Books written with elaborate printing and illustrated with small paintings. | Illuminated manuscripts. |
| This empire was established by the Turks who adopted the Islamic Faith. It would defeat the Byzantine Empire & last until the early 20th century. | Ottoman Empire |
| This city's princes assumed the leadership of Russia after the defeat and withdrawl of the Mongols. It was located along the land and water trade routes and became the capital of Russia. | Moscow |
| The Europeans Crusaders who fought against the Seljuk Turks practiced this religion. | Roman Catholic |
| All of the following would be major contributions of the Byzantine Empire except: | No correct answer given for this question |
| Russia's culture differs from most nations of Western Europe for all of the following reasons except: | it was defeated and dominated by the Muslims |
