Geography
Religion
Government
Famous People
Mishmash
100
The city of Constantinople stretches across these 2 continents
What are Europe & Asia?
100
These pictures of religious figures made of wood and gold help people with their prayers and worship
What are icons?
100
This was a collection of updated Roman laws that served as the laws of the Byzantine Empire and influenced future law systems throughout Europe
What is Justinian's Code?
100
He was the most famous emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Who is Justinian?
100
Name the church that Justinian built in Constantinople
What is the Hagia Sophia?
200
Mongolia is located just north of this major country
What is China?
200
Priests in the Eastern Orthodox Church are allowed to do this, even though priests in the Roman Catholic Church are not
What is get married?
200
This is the title used by Russian kings/emperors
What is tsar/czar?
200
His empire became the largest in the world, stretching across almost all of Asia
Who is Genghis Khan?
200
Found in many Byzantine churches and public buildings, this is a type of art that uses small pieces of tile to create a larger picture
What is a mosaic?
300
This important Russian city on the Dnieper River flourished through trade with Constantinople
What is Kiev?
300
This is the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Who is the patriarch?
300
The Byzantine Empire reconquered western lands that once belonged to this empire
What is Rome?
300
This Prince of Moscow pushed the Mongols out of Russia and expanded the Russian nation
Who is Ivan III (the Great)?
300
In 1453, the Byzantine Empire was conquered by this civilization
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
400
The Vikings explored the rivers of the Kievan Rus because they were trying to open trade routes between these 2 bodies of water
What are the Baltic & Black Seas?
400
Prince Vladimir chose this religion for the Kievan Rus
What is Eastern Orthodox?
400
The Rus asked these excellent Scandinavian sailors to settle among them to help end battles between ruling Rus clans
Who were the Vikings?
400
He was a missionary who created an alphabet to help the Kievan Rus read the Bible
Who is St. Cyril?
400
Byzantine libraries helped preserve the cultures of these 2 civilizations
What are Greece & Rome?
500
Constantinople sits on this strait
What is the Bosporus?
500
This is the language used in the church of the Byzantine Empire
What is Greek?
500
As empress, she advised her husband on important issues, particularly about taking care of the poor
Who is Theodora?
500
These are the people who lived in Kievan Rus
Who are the Slavs?
500
The Mongols who controlled the Russian part of the Mongol empire were called this
What is the Golden Horde?
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