The Mongol Empire
This leader, originally named Temujin, united the Mongol tribes and created the empire.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This city was the center of the first Russian state and is located in present-day Ukraine.
What is Kiev?
This city served as the capital and was known as the “New Rome.”
What is Constantinople?
This ruler brought northern Russia under control and limited the power of nobles.
Who is Ivan the Great?
This empire captured Constantinople in 1453.
Who are the Ottoman Turks (Ottoman Empire)?
This term describes the period of peace and increased trade under Mongol rule.
What is Pax Mongolia?
This religion was adopted by Russia due to influence from Constantinople.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
This emperor expanded the empire and rebuilt the Hagia Sophia.
Who is Justinian?
This title, meaning “Caesar,” was first adopted by Russian rulers under Ivan.
What is Tsar (or Czar)?
After its conquest, Constantinople was renamed this.
What is Istanbul?
The Mongol army that invaded and successfully captured Russia
What is the "Golden Horde"
This group conquered Russia and required princes to pay tribute while allowing local rule.
Who are the Mongols (Golden Horde)?
This famous legal system organized Roman laws into a single code.
What is the Justinian Code?
Ivan the Terrible strengthened his rule by limiting the power of this group of nobles.
Who are the boyars?
The fall of Constantinople marked the end of this empire.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
Leader of the Golden Horde and grandson of Genghis Khan.
Who is Batu Khan?
This city rose to power due to trade routes and became a political and religious center.
What is Moscow?
This major split in Christianity occurred in 1054.
What is the Great Schism?
This system tied peasants to the land under Ivan the Terrible.
What is serfdom?
The name of the engineer behind the Ottoman's cannons.
Who is Orban?
The Mongols were what type of people?
What are nomadic pastoralists?
This alphabet, adapted from Greek, was created to write Slavic languages.
What is the Cyrillic alphabet?
The name of Emperor Justinian's highly influential wife.
Who is Theodora?
The name of Ivan the Terrible's secret police
What is the Oprichniki
The name of the Ottoman Sultan responsible for the Fall of Constantinople.
Who is Mehmed II?