Multiple Choice
Leaders of the Russian church are called (patriarchs, boyars, icons).
patriarchs
Leo III
pope
The Vikings could sail their ships in deep oceans and on shallow rivers.
William's victory at the Battle of Hastings meant that the Normans would rule England.
True
True
small pictures of a saint of Jesus
icons
What Russian title means "caesar"?
czar
A name that shows what a person does is a (title, icon, relic).
title
laws or truths
principles
The Byzantine Empire had things in common with the Roman Empire.
Most historians call Justinian the greatest Russian emperor.
True
False
objects that have something to do with God
relics
Literature is what kind of works with lasting influence?
written
The (Vikings, Normans, Franks) were a large German tribe.
Franks
Constantine held chariot races here
Hippodrome
Ivan the Great freed Russia from foreign rule.
Charlemagne ordered a code of all Roman laws.
True
False
one of the world's most beautiful churches
Hagia Sophia
Who made the Russian kingdom three times larger during his rule?
Ivan the Terrible
Historians call (Constantine, Justinian, Charlemagne) the greatest Byzantine emperor.
Justinian
invented by monks
Cyrillic alphabet
Kiev was located on an important trade route.
The Turks captured Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul.
True
True
group of monks
religious order
Princes of what city took the name "Grand Prince of All Russia"?
Moscow
(Charlemagne, Clovis, Alexander) united the Franks and made Paris his capital.
Clovis
rebuilt by Ivan the Great
Kremlin
The Slavs belonged to the Roman Catholic Church.
The Veche represented all free, adult male citizens in Russia.
False
True
Russian nobles who shared power with princes
boyars
What area did Charlemagne unite?
Western Europe