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Mongol armies who ruled much of medieval Russia
Golden Horde
The open treeless grassland of southern Russia
Steppe
The development of Kiev and its culture was the result of the blended cultures of what two peoples?
Slavs and Vikings
The term meaning to charge interest on a loan.
Usuary
Pope who moved the papal court to Avignon in 1309
Clement V
Area of southeastern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea
Balkan Peninsula
Document which limited the power of the Magyar kings
Golden Bull of 1222
What was the most likely the cause of the widespread infection of the Plague?
infected rats contaminating food and water supplies
Name of the wealthy merchant family in 15th century Italy.
Medici family
Why is the Golden Bull of 1222 golden?
the seal was gold
City which was the center of the first Russian state
Kiev
Tsar who left Russia seething with rebellion at the time of his death
Ivan the Terrible
Monarchs blamed the _______ for all of the economic hardships, failed crops, spread of the Black Plague and lost wars.
Jews
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The early Kingdom of Serbia accepted which religion?
Eastern Orthodox
Name of the Mongol leader who united the nomadic Mongols of central Asia in the early 1200s
Genghis Khan
Secret police of Ivan the Terrible who would do his bidding
Opriknicki
In the 900s, West Slavs of Poland were influenced by missionaries spreading...
Roman Catholicism
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Which region of medieval Russia served as a great highway for nomadic migration?
the Sothern steppe
Ivan the great sought to do what?
limit the power of landowning nobles
Name two NEW weapons used in the hundred years war.
longbow, crossbow
Tsar who brought much of northern Russia under his rule
Ivan the Great
The Magyars who raided Europe from the Asian steppes eventually settled in...
Hungary
What are the two major rivers linking Poland to Scandinavian and Byzantine Empire to the south?
Danube & Vistula River
Why did the state of Poland- Lithuania weaken in the late 1600s?
the central government was weak due to the "free veto"
The geography that helped to shape Eastern Europe included...
Ease of migration
Cross roads between Western Europe and Asia
Difficult to defend