Byzantine Empire
Where was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
Which group of people first settled in and set up the society of the Kievan Rus?
The Vikings
What environmental factor allowed for increased participation in the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
Monsoon winds
What was the name of the dominant cultural/ belief system in PC China?
Confucianism
What name was Temujin given when he became leader of the entire Mongol Empire?
Genghis Khan
What was the religion of the Byzantine Empire?
Eastern Orthodoxy
Who was the missionary instrumental in bringing Orthodox Christianity to the Kievan Rus?
Cyril (& Methodius)
Which half of the Indian Subcontinent experienced more stability during the PC era?
South
What was the name of the process of Korea, Vietnam, and Japan becoming more "Chinese"
Sinification
What was the name of the Mongol kingdom set up in the Middle East after Genghis Khan's death?
Ilkhanate
What was the name of the Splitting of the Church in 1054?
The Great Schism
Who is the Kievan leader famous for his conversion to Orthodox Christianity?
Vladimir I
What is the name of the form of Islam that blended Islamic principles with religious beliefs already present in India?
Sufism
Which class/ group of people was most affected by Chinese influences in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam?
upper class/ nobles/ aristocracy
The Mongols generally practiced this towards the cultures/ religions of those they conquered.
Religious tolerance
What were the 3 Rs of Justinian?
Rebuild Constantinople
Reform (Justinian Code)
Recreate the Roman Empire
The Kievan Rus fell due to invasion by this group.
The Mongols
The existence of Angkor Wat is evidence of the influence of which two religions in Southeast Asia?
Buddhism and Hinduism
Japan’s government differed from that of China’s in that it was mostly run by this group of people rather than the Emperor.
the aristocracy/ nobility
Batu Khan was the leader of which Khanate?
Golden Horde
The invasion of Constantinople by _______________ led to the end of the Byzantine Empire in the year _________.
Ottoman Turks
1453
Why did poor economic times in the Byzantine Empire affect Kievan Rus?
They relied on the Byzantines for all their trade.
The kingdom of _____________________, located in modern-day Indonesia, developed an economy reliant on this form of trade.
Srivijaya; maritime trade
Put the following Chinese dynasties in order from earliest to latest:
Yuan, Sui, Song, Tang
Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan
What was the name of the disease spread by the Mongols to the rest of Eurasia in the 14th Century?
Bubonic/ Black Plague